2009-04-26 Katharine Graham, 1917- 2001: She Was the Powerful Owner and Publisher of The Washington Post
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2009-04-19 Celia Cruz, 1925-2003: ‘The Queen of Salsa’
I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell…
2009-04-12 Walt Whitman, 1819-1892: He Created a New Kind of Poetry
I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Phoebe Zimmermann with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell…
2009-04-05 Jackie Robinson, 1919-1972: The First Black Player in Modern Major League Baseball
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today Shirley Griffith and…
2009-03-29 Kay Yow and Betty Jameson: They Changed the World of Sports for Women
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus with People in America in VOA Special English. Today…
2009-03-22 Red Adair, 1915-2004: He Put Out Dangerous Oil and Natural Gas Fires Around the World
This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Faith Lapidus with People in America in VOA Special English. Today…
2009-03-15 Doctor Spock, 1903-1998: The World’s Most Famous Baby Doctor
VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today…
2009-03-08 Rosa Parks, 1913-2005: Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement
I’m Pat Bodnar. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today, we tell…
2009-03-01 John Lewis, 1920-2001: He Created One of the Most Famous Jazz Groups in America, the Modern Jazz Quartet
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2009-02-22 Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960: A Storyteller About African-American Life in the South
VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.…
2009-02-15 George Gershwin, 1898-1937: He Wrote More Than Five Hundred Songs
VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today…
2009-02-08 George Gershwin, 1898-1937: One of America’s Greatest Composers
VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today…
2009-02-01 Willis Conover, 1920-1996: He Brought Jazz, “The Music of Freedom,” to the World
VOICE ONE: I’m Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today,…
2009-01-25 Marian Anderson, 1897-1993: 75,000 People Heard Her Sing at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we complete…
2009-01-18 Marian Anderson, 1897-1993: Her Voice Became Famous Around the World
I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we begin…