Barack Obama will make history on January 20 when he is inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States and becomes the first African-American to hold the job. President-elect Barack Obama speaks to reporters in Washington, 12 Jan 2009 In the...
Graduates of Yale University,I apologise if you have endured this type of prologue before,but I want you to do something for me.Please,take a good look around you.Look at the classmate on your left.Look at the classmate on your right. Now,consider t...
Democrats have formally nominated Barack Obama as their presidential candidate. The Illinois senator is the first African-American to be nominated as president by a major U.S. political party. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details from the Dem...
Britain and France were at war, and the British wanted the U.S. to stop trading with the French. The American president had to decide what to do. Transcript of radio broadcast: 09 July 2008 ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American histo...
Critics like Elizabeth Warren believes that there would be fewer complains if the credit card industry clearly disclosed how its business works, particularly when it comes to the minimum monthly payment. If people knew that the cost of minimum month...
She has Olympic gold in her trophy case, but American Sheila Taormina has achieved more than victory - she has made history by becoming the first American athlete to make the Olympics in three different sports. VOA's David Byrd has this look at Taor...
By Faiza Elmasry Burlingame, CA 17 June 2008 The first postage stamp in history was issued in Great Britain in 1840. In the years since then, tens of thousands of different designs have been issued by the world's nations, and tens of thousands of pe...
By Cindy Saine Washington 04 June 2008 Senator Barack Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American to secure the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party. To win the Democratic nomination, Obama has endured a grueling...
Samuel Chase used the courtroom as a place to attack President Jefferson's policies. Vice President Aaron Burr led the trial as chief officer of the Senate. Transcript of radio broadcast: 25 June 2008 Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American histo...
Thomas Jefferson offered the hand of peace and friendship to the Federalists in his inaugural address. Yet not one Federalist was in his government. Transcript of radio broadcast: 04 June 2008 ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION an American...