2010-02-28 Billie Holiday, 1915-1959: The Lady Sang the Blues
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2010-02-21 Jackson Pollock, 1912-1956: He Invented a New Kind of Painting
FAITH LAPIDUS: I’m Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today,…
2010-02-14 Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006: Her Activism Helped Shape the Look and Feel of Cities
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today…
2010-02-07 Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993: Tennis Champion and Civil Rights Activist
BARBARA KLEIN: I’m Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today…
2010-01-31 Pioneers Who Shaped the Sounds of Radio
BARBARA KLEIN: I’m Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today,…
2010-01-24 Scott Joplin, 1867-1917: The King of Ragtime Music
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2010-01-17 Margaret Mead, 1901-1978: A Public Face of Anthropology
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today…
2010-01-10 William Faulkner,1897-1962: He Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949
VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today,…
2010-01-03 William Faulkner, 1897-1962: He was America’s Greatest Southern Writer
VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today,…
2009-12-27 Remembering Six Interesting Americans
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today…
2009-12-20 Irving Berlin, 1888-1989: He Wrote the Songs that Made America Sing
VOICE ONE: I’m Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2009-12-13 Louis Kahn, 1901-1974: He Helped Define Modern Architecture
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2009-12-06 Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962: America’s Most Famous Sex Symbol
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2009-11-29 Arthur Miller: 1915-2005: One of the Greatest American Playwrights of the 20th Century
VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today…
2009-11-22 Hank Williams,1923-1953: He Wrote Songs About Love and Heartbreak
VOICE ONE: PEOPLE IN AMERICA — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Every week at this…