Stories from Below - Revision history

Kirk: /* Race, migration, and identity */

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Race, migration, and identity

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	Everyday ~~life under segregation~~		[[Everyday Life Under Segregation]]

	Indigenous oral histories		Indigenous oral histories

Kirk: /* Labor and economic life */

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Labor and economic life

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	Factory workers and industrialization		First Person Narratives: Factory workers and industrialization

	Farmworkers and migrant labor		First Person Narratives: Farmworkers and migrant labor

	Domestic workers and caregivers		First Person Narratives: Domestic workers and caregivers

	Labor unions and grassroots organizing		First Person Narratives: Labor unions and grassroots organizing

	Child labor		First Person Narratives: Child labor

	Informal and gig-economy workers		First Person Narratives: Informal and gig-economy workers

	Unemployment during economic crises		First Person Narratives: Unemployment during economic crises

	Workplace disasters told by survivors		First Person Narratives: Workplace disasters told by survivors

	===Race, migration, and identity===		===Race, migration, and identity===

Kirk: /* Environment and environmental justice */

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Environment and environmental justice

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	Communities ~~affected~~ by ~~pollution~~		[[Communities Affected by Pollution]]

	Indigenous resistance to resource extraction		Indigenous resistance to resource extraction

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Race, migration, and identity

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	[[Japanese American ~~incarceration~~]]		[[Japanese American Incarceration]]

	Disability history		Disability history

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Kirk: Created page with "==What are "Stories from Below"?== “Stories from below” are accounts of history, society, or current events told from the perspective of ordinary people—especially those whose experiences are often excluded from official narratives. =Here are links to sources of good stories from below by category.= ===Labor and economic life=== Factory workers and industrialization Farmworkers and migrant labor Domestic workers and caregivers Labor unions and grassroots org..."

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Created page with "==What are "Stories from Below"?== “Stories from below” are accounts of history, society, or current events told from the perspective of ordinary people—especially those whose experiences are often excluded from official narratives. =Here are links to sources of good stories from below by category.= ===Labor and economic life=== Factory workers and industrialization Farmworkers and migrant labor Domestic workers and caregivers Labor unions and grassroots org..."

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==What are "Stories from Below"?==

“Stories from below” are accounts of history, society, or current events told from the perspective of ordinary people—especially those whose experiences are often excluded from official narratives.

=Here are links to sources of good stories from below by category.=

===Labor and economic life===

Factory workers and industrialization

Farmworkers and migrant labor

Domestic workers and caregivers

Labor unions and grassroots organizing

Child labor

Informal and gig-economy workers

Unemployment during economic crises

Workplace disasters told by survivors

===Race, migration, and identity===

Enslaved people’s personal narratives

Everyday life under segregation

Indigenous oral histories

Immigrant and refugee experiences

Border communities

Japanese American incarceration

Disability history

LGBTQ+ community histories

===War, conflict, and displacement===

Soldiers’ letters and diaries

Civilian life during wartime

Conscientious objectors

War widows and military families

Refugees and displaced communities

Resistance movements

Survivors of political repression

Rebuilding communities after conflict

===Community and everyday life===

Neighborhood oral histories

Family traditions and memories

Public housing communities

Rural and small-town life

Homelessness and housing insecurity

Community responses to disasters

Local mutual-aid networks

Changes caused by gentrification

===Environment and environmental justice===

Communities affected by pollution

Indigenous resistance to resource extraction

Farmworker exposure to pesticides

Neighborhood campaigns for clean air and water

People displaced by dams or conservation projects

Fishing communities facing ecological decline

Climate migration

Community-led conservation

===Politics and social movements===

Rank-and-file civil-rights activists

Women in grassroots political movements

Tenant organizing

Student protest movements

Antiwar activism

Prisoner organizing and testimony

Community journalism

Mutual aid as political action

===Institutions seen from below===

Students’ experiences in public schools

Patients’ experiences of healthcare

Children in orphanages and institutions

Incarcerated people’s narratives

Residents of nursing homes

Low-ranking military personnel

Welfare recipients and public assistance

Citizens navigating courts and bureaucracy

===Methods and source materials===

Oral history

Diaries and personal letters

Family photographs

Folk songs and storytelling

Community newspapers

Testimony and eyewitness accounts

Material culture and everyday objects

Recovering overlooked lives from public records