2005-07-24 Douglas MacArthur: Born to Be a Soldier
(MUSIC) ANNCR: Now, the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today Rich Kleinfeldt and Sarah Long tell about one of the most unusual and successful American military leaders, General…
2005-07-17 Charles Schulz wrote the popular comic strip “Peanuts” for fifty years
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Charles M. Schulz who wrote and…
2005-07-10 Great Writers: Flannery O’Connor Told of Small-Town Life in the South
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, we tell about writer Flannery O’Connor. (MUSIC) VOICE…
2005-07-03 Music History: Charlie Parker Took Jazz in a New Direction
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, we tell about one of America’s greatest jazz…
2005-06-26 Eleanor Roosevelt Was the Most Influential Wife of Any American President
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the woman who was the most…
2005-06-19 ‘Happy Days Are Here Again’: FDR, One of America’s Greatest Presidents
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about one of the greatest American presidents,…
2005-06-12 George Gershwin: More of the Life and Music of One of America’s Great Songwriters
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we continue our report about the life and music…
2005-06-05 George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the life and music of one…
2005-05-29 Barbara McClintock
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Barbara McClintock. She was one of…
2005-05-22 Jack Benny
VOICE ONE: I’m Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell the story of Jack Benny. He was…
2005-05-15 Carl Rowan: One of the Most Honored Reporters in the United States
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about the life of writer and…
2005-05-08 Louisa May Alcott
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about a person important in…
2005-05-01 Aaron Copland: His Music Taught Americans About Themselves
(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 Aaron Copland, one of America’s best…
2005-04-24 Mary Kay: One of America’s Most Influential Women
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. This week, we tell about one of the most…
2005-04-10 Langston Hughes: an American Writer
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about writer Langston Hughes, who has…