2006-03-05 Winslow Homer: America’s Painter
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with People In America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Winslow Homer, considered to be the…
2006-02-26 Radio Pioneers Pulled Words, Music and World Events Out of Thin Air
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we will tell about several men who influenced the…
2006-02-19 Mark Twain: One of America’s Best Known and Best Loved Writers
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about one of America’s best-known writers, Mark…
2006-02-12 Shirley Horn: One of the Great Jazz Singers of the 1950s and 1960s
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA IN VOA Special English. Today we tell about jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn.…
2006-02-05 Diane Arbus: Revolutionary Photographer of Unusual People
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Diane Arbus, a revolutionary modern photographer.…
2006-01-29 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘Great Gatsby’: A Great Event in U.S. Literature
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the Special English program, People in America. Every week, we tell about someone important in the history…
2006-01-22 F. Scott Fitzgerald Wrote About the “Roaring Twenties,” the Greatest Party in American History
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about someone important in the history…
2006-01-15 Marian Anderson: 75 Thousand People Heard Her Sing at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we complete the story of singer Marian Anderson. (MUSIC)…
2006-01-08 Marian Anderson: Her Voice Became Famous Around the World
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we begin the first of two reports about singer…
2005-12-18 We Profile Five Special People Who Died This Year
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about five special people who died during…
2005-12-11 Percival Lowell’s Work Led to the Discovery of the Planet Pluto
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English program People in America. Today, we tell about Percival Lowell whose work led…
2005-12-04 Janis Joplin: One of the Most Famous Voices in American Rock Music
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Pat Bodnar. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Janis Joplin. She was one of…
2005-11-27 George Abbott Was Known as ‘Mister Broadway’
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the Special English program. People in America. Every week we tell about a person important in the…
2005-11-20 Rosa Parks: Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Pat Bodnar. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Rosa Parks, who has been called…
2005-11-13 James Rouse was a land developer who built shopping malls and a planned city near Washington, D.C.
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about James Rouse. He was a developer…