firsthand account

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“We were fighting not only for sewer, potholes and police protection but for self-determination and empowerment of our community,” Martinez de Vara wrote in a firsthand account of the incorporation campaign.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

The couple’s oldest son, Jake, last week published an emotional firsthand account of the moment he learned of his parents’ deaths.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

A firsthand account by an escaped slave who became a famous abolitionist and orator, this memoir reframed slavery as coerced labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Cohen’s testimony could illuminate that sequence of events, providing prosecutors the firsthand account they would need to make a case against Trump.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Elliot, meanwhile, flipped through page after page of the firsthand account, ignoring me completely.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin