The Significance of Oral History in Documenting Cultural Changes

out the impacts of events on the people. However, oral history provides an opportunity to for the audience to get first-hand information on the experiences of individuals involved (StoryCorps). Often, history authored in the past could provide the details such as the dates of events and how people at the time reacted to change. Oral history makes it possible to listen to the accounts of people who have been affected by the events and the changes resulting from such experiences. Historians have a...