2003-03-23 Samuel Gompers
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program, Peoplein America. Today we tell about one of the country’s greatest laborleaders,…
2003-03-16 Thomas Edison
(THEME) ANNCR: Welcome to the VOA Special English program, People in America.Today, Sarah Long and Bob Doughty tell about the inventor ThomasAlva Edison. He had a major effect on the…
2003-03-09 Zora Neale Hurston
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLEIN AMERICA. Today, we tell about writer Zora Neale Hurston. She wasone…
2003-03-02 Doctor Seuss
(THEME) ANNCR: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice ofAmerica. Today we tell about one of the most successful writers ofchildren’s books. Sarah Long and Steve…
2003-02-23 Eleanor Creesy
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English Program,People in America. Today, we tell about Eleanor Creesy. She helpedto guide one…
2003-02-16 Woody Guthrie, Part Two
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLEIN AMERICA. Today, we complete our story about songwriter and singerWoody Guthrie.…
2003-02-09 Woody Guthrie, Part One
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLEIN AMERICA. Today, we begin a two-part story about songwriter andsinger Woody…
2003-02-02 W. E. B. Du Bois
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE INAMERICA. Today we tell about W. E. B. Du Bois. He…
2003-01-26 Sam Cooke
(Theme) VOICE 1: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE 2: And I’m Ray Freeman with the VOASpecial English program, People in America. Every week we tell aboutsomeone important in the history of…
2003-01-19 Susan B. Anthony
VOICE 1: People in America, a program in Special English on the Voice ofAmerica. (Theme) In the eighteen-fifties, women in the United States began to tryto gain the same rights…
2003-01-12 Henry Ford, Part 2
(Theme) Anncr: People in America, a program in Special English on the Voice ofAmerica. Every week at this time, we tellthe story of a person important in the history of…
2003-01-05 Henry Ford, Part 1
(THEME) Anncr: People in America — a program in Special English on the Voice ofAmerica. Every week at this time, we tellthe story of a person was important in the…
2002-12-29 Remembering Six Important People
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program, Peoplein America. Today we tell about six important Americans who diedduring the…
2002-12-22 Hank Williams
(THEME) VOICE ONE: PEOPLE IN AMERICA — a program in Special English by the Voice ofAmerica. (THEME) Every week at this time, we tell you a story about people whoplayed…
2002-12-15 Margaret Sanger
((THEME)) VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Sarah Long with the VOA Special English Program, Peoplein America. Today, we tell about one of the leaders of the…