16 October 2010 BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. DOUG JOHNSON: And Im Doug Johnson with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about comedian Soupy Sales who made people laugh for more than forty years. (MUSIC) BARBARA KLEIN: Soupy...

02 October 2010 Singer and songwriter Roger Miller arrives at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, 1967. (AP Photo/Lennox McClendon) SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Im Shirley Griffith. SARAH LONG: And Im Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE...

25 September 2010 Lynda Bird Johnson, Luci Baines Johnson, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Lady B...

18 September 2010 Ralph Ellison, New York author, is a witness, August 30, 1966, at a Senate Subcommittee hearing in Washington during continuing hearings on the racial problems in big cities. BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Ste...

08 September 2010 Elizabeth graduated from Geneva Medical School in eighteen forty-nine, becoming the first woman in the western world to have completed medical school training. STEVE EMBER: Every week we tell about someone important in the history o...

04 September 2010 Andy Warhol was much more than just a painter. He was also a film maker, publisher, and manager of a rock band. STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we...

21 August 2010 Duke Ellington played piano, but his real instrument was the orchestra RICHARD RAEL: I'm Richard Rael. RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person who was i...

07 August 2010 Claire Boothe Luce became famous for her activities in government, the media and the arts STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. GWEN OUTEN: And Im Gwen Outen with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a woman who became...

31 July 2010 Jacob Riis, Men's Lodging Room in the West 47th Street Station, c. 1892 SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week at this time, the Voice o...

24 July 2010 Many critics say Winslow Homer's The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty shows the cold, mechanical nature of warfare. STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Specia...