Remembering Five Interesting Americans (2008-12-28)  |
| Jesse Owens, 1913- 1980: He Was Once the Fastest Runner in the World (2008-12-21) |
| Shirley Horn, 1934-2005: One of the Great Jazz Singers of the 1950s and 1960s (2008-12-14) |
| Philo Farnsworth, 1906-1971: The Father of Television (2008-12-7) |
| Henry Loomis, 1919-2008: Director of VOA Had the Idea to Create Special English (2008-11-30) |
| Mae West, 1893-1980: The Wild Woman of Film and Stage (2008-11-23) |
| Marlon Brando, 1924-2004: One of the Greatest Actors of All Time (2008-11-16) |
| Ann Landers, 1918-2002: She Helped Millions of People Deal With Their Problems (2008-11-9) |
| Paul Robeson, 1898-1976: He Traveled the World Singing Songs to Support Peace and Equal Rights for Black Americans (2008-11-2) |
| Paul Robeson,1898-1976: Singer, Actor, and Civil Rights Activist (2008-10-26) |
| Bessie Coleman, 1892-1926: She Dared to Dream and Became the First African American Female Pilot (2008-10-19) |
| Paul Newman, 1925-2008: Actor, Activist and Racecar Driver (2008-10-12) |
| Willa Cather, 1873-1947: She Celebrated Europeans Who Settled in the American Midwest (2008-10-5) |
| Louis Armstrong, 1901-1971: "The Ambassador of American Jazz" (2008-9-28) |
| Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962: She Was the Most Influential Wife of Any American President (2008-9-21) |
| Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945: One of the Greatest Presidents in American History (2008-9-14) |
| Jessica Tandy, 1909-1994: She Performed in More than 100 Plays and Movies (2008-9-7) |
| Five Labor Leaders Who Improved Conditions for American Workers (2008-8-31) |
| Alan Shepard, 1923-1998: The First American to Travel into Space (2008-8-24) |
| Bo Diddley, 1928-2008: Remembering One of the Fathers of Rock and Roll (2008-8-17) |
| Dorothy West, 1907-1998: Among the Youngest of the Writers and Artists of New York's Harlem Renaissance (2008-8-10) |
| Martha Graham, 1894-1991: The Mother of Modern Dance (2008-8-3) |
| Thurgood Marshall, 1908-1993: First African American to Serve on the US Supreme Court (2008-7-27) |
| Sydney Pollack, 1934-2008: He Directed, Produced and Acted in Many Popular Hollywood Movies (2008-7-20) |
| Janis Joplin, 1943-1970 : One of the Most Famous Voices in Rock Music (2008-7-13) |
| Flannery O’Connor, 1925-1964: She Told Stories About People Living in Small Towns in the American South (2008-7-6) |
| Ray Charles, 1930-2004: He Created a Sound That Had a Huge Influence on Popular Music (2008-6-29) |
| Ray Charles, 1930-2004: Singer, Songwriter and Musician Extraordinaire (2008-6-22) |
| Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906: She Led the Fight to Gain Equal Rights for Women, Including the Right to Vote (2008-6-15) |
| Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008: His Inventive and Energetic Works Redefined Modern Art (2008-6-8) |
| Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888: She Wrote Her First Book at the Age of 16 (2008-6-1) |
| Edward R. Murrow, 1908-1965: The Famous Radio and Television Reporter Helped Create Modern News Broadcasting (2008-5-25) |
| Gwendolyn Brooks, 1917-2000: The Poet Was the First African American to Win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature (2008-5-18) |
| Isaac Stern, 1920 - 2001: One of the Most Honored Musicians in the World (2008-5-11) |
| Barbara McClintock, 1902-1992: She Made Important Discoveries About Genes and Chromosomes (2008-5-4) |
| Bella Abzug, 1920-1998: Activist for Women’s Rights Was Known for Her Large Hats and Strong Opinions (2008-4-27) |
| Charlton Heston, 1923-2008: An Actor Famous for Playing Heroic Roles (2008-4-20) |
| Langston Hughes, 1902-1967: The Poet Voice of African-Americans (2008-4-6) |
| Lou Gehrig, 1903-1941: The Great Baseball Player Considered Himself 'The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth' (2008-3-30) |
| Mary Kay Ash, 1918-2001: She Started a Skin Care Company That Has Sales of More Than $2 Billion a Year (2008-3-23) |
| Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961: One of the Most Famous Writers of the 20th Century (2008-3-16) |
| Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961: He created a New Kind of Writing. He Was Able to Paint in Words What He Saw and Felt. (2008-3-9) |
| Shirley Chisholm, 1924-2005: The First Black Woman Elected to the U.S. Congress (2008-3-2) |
| Annie Oakley, 1860-1926: One of the Most Famous Sharpshooters in American History (2008-2-24) |
| Cole Porter, 1891-1964: He Wrote Songs for Broadway Musicals and Movies That Are Still Popular Today (2008-2-17) |
| Cole Porter, 1891-1964: His Songs From the Nineteen Twenties, Thirties and Forties Remain as Fresh as When He Wrote Them (2008-2-10) |
| Lucille Ball, 1911-1989: She Was the Funniest Woman on Television (2008-2-3) |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968: The Civil Rights Leader Organized the March on Washington, DC in 1963 (2008-1-27) |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968: He Used Non-Violence and Civil Disobedience to Gain Equal Rights for Black Americans (2008-1-20) |
| Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910: The Anti-Slavery Activist Wrote One of the Great Civil War Songs (2008-1-13) |
| Shel Silverstein, 1930-1999: Poet, Writer, Composer, Singer, Musician and Artist (2008-1-6) |
