2012-03-18 John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902: Famous Explorer of the American West
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith. RAY FREEMAN: And I’m Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program People in America.…
2012-03-11 Wilma Rudolph, 1940-1994: “The Fastest Woman in the World”
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2012-03-04 Frank and Jesse James, Brothers in Crime in the Old West
TONY RIGGS: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Two of the most famous…
2012-02-26 Who Made Hollywood Into Hollywood?
SARAH LONG: I’m Sarah Long. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today…
2012-02-19 Barbara Cooney, 1917-2000: She Created Many Popular Books for Children
MARY TILLOTSON: Now, the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the…
2012-02-12 Stephen Vincent Benet, 1898-1943: Popular Writer of the Early 1900s, Part Two
SARAH LONG: PEOPLE IN AMERICA — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Each week at this…
2012-02-05 Stephen Vincent Benet, 1898-1943: One of America’s Most Popular Writers of the 1900s
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: People in America — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Each week at this…
2012-01-29 Cliff Robertson, 1923-2011: Award Winning Actor, Writer, Producer and Director
JUNE SIMMS: This is PEOPLE IN AMERICA, in VOA Special English. Today we tell about award-winning actor Cliff Robertson. He…
2012-01-22 Pocahontas, 1595-1617: An Important Player in Early Jamestown
SHIRLEY GRIFFETH: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. (MUSIC) She lived four hundred…
2012-01-15 Henry Ford, 1863-1947: Life After the Model T
PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Every week at this time, we tell…
2012-01-08 Henry Ford, 1863-1947: He Created the Ford Motor Company and Revolutionized the Automobile Industry
RAY FREEMAN: People in America — a program in Special English on the VOICE of America. Every week at this…
2011-12-18 Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784: Early African-American Poet
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith. RAY FREEMAN: And I’m Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2011-12-11 Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882: A Great Twentieth Century Writer and Philosopher
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2011-12-04 Burl Ives, 1909-1995; The Famous American Actor and Singer Recorded Hundreds of Songs
STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I’m Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English Program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2011-11-27 Georgia O’Keeffe, 1887-1986: Her Paintings Showed Her Love for the American Southwest
GWEN OUTEN: I’m Gwen Outen. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today…