People's history

"History from below" redirects here. For the Delta Spirit album, see History from Below (album). Social history is also often called "history from below". For other uses, see People's history (disambiguation).

The Civil Rights movement in the United States

A people's history, or history from below, is a type of historical narrative which attempts to account for historical events from the perspective of common people rather than leaders. There is an emphasis on disenfranchised, the oppressed, the poor, the nonconformists, and otherwise marginal groups. Arising in America in response to the development of social history in Europe, authors typically have a Marxist model in mind.

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