(THEME)VOICE ONE:I'm Richard Rael.VOICE TWO:And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we finish our report about the great jazz musician, Duke Ellington.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE...
(THEME)VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And I'm Doug Johnson with the Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about Babe Ruth, America's greatest baseball player.Some say he was the greatest s...
(THEME)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 Zora Neale Hurston.She was one of the most recognized black women writers.She wrote seven books and more than one hundred short stories, plays and arti...
(THEME)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 Andy Warhol, one of the most influential people in American modern art.Warhol was best known for his bright colored images of famous people and food cans. Through both h...
(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 film actress Mae West. She was also a writer, producer and businesswoman. The sexual nature of her life and art represented her liberal and often disputed ideas. Her fu...
(THEME)VOICE ONE:PEOPLE IN AMERICA -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America.(THEME)Every week at this time, we tell you a story about people who played a part in the history of the United States.I'm Tony Riggs.Today, Larry West and I tell the story of country and western singer and so...
(THEME)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 Eugene McCarthy.His campaign for the presidency in nineteen sixty-eight increased popular opposition to the war in Vietnam.And it changed American history.(THEME)VOICE O...
(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 photographer Margaret Bourke-White, (burk-white) one of the leading news reporters of the twentieth century.(THEME)VOICE ONE:A young woman is sitting on her knees on to...
(THEME)VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we complete our report about photographer Margaret Bourke-White. She helped create the modern art of photojournalism.(THEME)VOICE ONE: Margaret Bourke-White began her career as an in...
(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 the life and work of one of America's greatest music writers: Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:That song is called "Maple Leaf Rag." Scott Joplin wrot...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about writer Ralph Ellison and his famous novel "Invisible Man." The book is about a nameless black man's search for his identity and place in society.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Ralp...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Celia Cruz. She was one of the most influential and energetic female singers in the history of Afro-Cuban Music. More than seventy of her albums help document the hist...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with the V.O.A. Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Milton Hershey. He built one of the sweetest towns in the United States. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Milton S. HersheyMilton Snavely Hershey was born in eighteen fifty...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Ray Freeman.VOICE TWO:And I'm Shirley Griffith with the Special English program People in America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today we tell about a woman who spent her life caring for others, Clara Barton.(MUSIC)VOICE...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And I'm Rich Kleinfeldt with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell the story of Todd Duncan -- a concert singer and music teacher. He is the man who broke a major color barrier for black singers of classical music.(MUSIC)VOI...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:Anne Morrow LindberghAnd I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program People in America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about Anne Morrow Lindbergh. She was a famous pilot...
VOICE ONE:I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:Truman CapoteAnd I'm Bob Doughty with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Truman Capote, one of America's most famous modern writers. He invented a new kind of book called the nonfiction novel. This literary form combined factual report...
VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO:And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Jacob RiisEvery week at this time, the Voice of America tells about someone important in the history of the United States. This week we tell about Jacob Riis. He was a writer who us...
VOICE ONE:I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Betty Friedan. She was a powerful activist for the rights of women. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Betty FriedanBetty Friedan is often called the mother of the modern women's liberation mov...
VOICE ONE:I'm Mary Tillotson.VOICE TWO:Woody GuthrieAnd I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we begin a two-part story about songwriter and singer Woody Guthrie. He wrote songs about common people and social issues in the nineteen thirties. His music influe...
