By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 30 October 2007 The first half of the 20th century was a time of transformation in the United States. The country experienced two world wars, the Great Depression, and the rapid growth of cities. Mike O'Sullivan reports...
At this middle school in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a sort of linguistic wrestling match takes place every afternoon. It pits about a dozen students ages 12 to 14 against the formidable language of Mandarin Chinese. Hey~Jia. Jia. The door is men. T...
By VOA News 11 July 2006 Noguchi museum exhibit Visionary 20th century designer-inventor Buckminster Fuller and modernist sculptor Isamu Noguchi collaborated to bridge the gap between art and technology to create works that challenged the status quo...
By Jim Bertel Washington, DC 24 March 2006 watch 100yearold Retiree report Arthur Winston is retiring after working at the same job for more than seven decades. Named "Working Man of the Century" by f...
A Century of Memories (1940-1949) On the first Sunday in December 1941, Americans were doing what Americans did on any normal Sunday. "My father and I were in the living room listening to the Giant’...
A Century of Memories (1930-1939) Three years into the depression, the American system was in grave danger. Unless it could change, and change quickly, it might not survive. The optimism of the “ 1)...
A Century of Memories (1920-1929) At the 1) dawn of the 1920's, America was clearly entering a new era, an era defined by a vast and complicated urban culture that would dominate the rest of the 20th...
A Century of Memories (1910-1919) Roosevelt's design included linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans by building a canal through the 1) Isthmus of Panama in northern Columbia, construction of the era...
A Century of Memories (1900-1909) On the eve of the new century, the sense of 1) boundless possibilities also 2) ignited an explosion of technological 3) innovations that would have 4) profound impact...
THIS IS AMERICA - Late 20th-Century Jazz: New Beats for a Changed World By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, August 15, 2005 (MUSIC) ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm F...