Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968: The Civil Rights Leader Organized the March on Washington, DC in 1963
Listen Music Files – Listen Audio Files – Biography – Martin Luther Ki… Today, Shep O’Neal and Warren Scheer finish the story of civil right’s leader Martin Luther King, Junior. Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in nineteen twenty-nine. He began his university studies when he was fifteen years old, and received a […]
Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968: He Used Non-Violence and Civil Disobedience to Gain Equal Rights for Black Americans
Upload Music – Play Audio – Biography – Martin Luther Ki… Today, Warren Scheer and Shep O’Neal begin the story of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Junior. It all started on a bus. A black woman was returning home from work after a long hard day. She sat near the front of the bus […]
Margaret Sanger, 1883-1966: She Led the Fight for Birth Control for Women
Download Music – Upload Audio Files – Biography – Margaret Sanger_… I’m Shirley Griffith. And I’m Sarah Long with the VOA Special English Program,PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about one of the leaders of the birth control movement, Margaret Sanger. Many women today have the freedom to decide when they will have children, […]
Five Labor Leaders Who Improved Conditions for American Workers
Embed Music – Upload Audio Files – Biography – Five Labor Leade… Welcome to PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. At the beginning of the twentieth century, American laborers often worked long hours for little pay. Many worked under extremely dangerous conditions. About five hundred thousand workers, however, had joined groups called labor unions, […]
Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006: Her Activism Helped Shape the Look and Feel of Cities
Embed Music – Free Audio – Biography_ Jane Jacobs_ 1916… I’m Steve Ember. And I’m Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Jane Jacobs. She was an activist for improving cities. Jane Jacobs was an activist, writer, moral thinker and economist. She believed cities should be densely populated and full […]
Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895: He Fought for Freedom and Equality for African-Americans
Share Music – Play Audio – Biography – Frederick Dougla… I’m Shirley Griffith. And I’m Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Frederick Douglass. He was born a slave, but later became one of America’s greatest leaders. He was an activist, a writer, a powerful speaker and an […]
Cesar Chavez, 1927-1993: He Organized the First Successful Farm Workers Union in America
Embed Music – Embed Audio – Biography – Cesar Chavez_ 19… I’m Nicole Nichols. And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about one of the great labor activists, Cesar Chavez. He organized the first successful farm workers union in American history. Cesar Chavez was born on a […]
Betty Friedan, 1921-2006: A Leader in the Modern Women’s Rights Movement
Upload Music Files – Upload Audio Files – Biography – Betty Friedan_ 1… I’m Faith Lapidus. 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. Betty Friedan is often called the mother of the modern women’s […]
Learn To Love Again – Lawson
“Learn To Love Again” There’s a place we know What’s cold enough won’t grow We have seen the dark And the darkness took it’s toll And the journey waits for no one If no one breaks the mould And our hearts are stronger than we know Oooh That you and I could learn to love […]