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People in America 2007
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Remembering Four Interesting People Who Died This Year (2007-12-30)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Johnny Cash, 1932-2003: 'The Man in Black' Recorded More Than One Thousand Songs During His Life (2007-12-23)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007: His Books Combined Science Fiction and Humor with Social Criticism (2007-12-16)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Barbara Cooney, 1917-2000: She Created Many Popular Books for Children (2007-12-9)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Margaret Sanger, 1883-1966: She Led the Fight for Birth Control for Women (2007-12-2)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ray Kroc, 1902-1984: The Man Who Made McDonald's Popular Around the World (2007-11-25)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Dian Fossey, 1932-1985: She Worked to Protect the Mountain Gorillas of Central Africa (2007-11-18)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - James Stewart, 1908-1997: He Starred in Some of the Best-loved American Movies (2007-11-11)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Maria Callas, 1923-1977: A Beautiful Voice and Intense Personality (2007-11-4)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Walt Disney, 1901-1966: It All Started with a Mouse (2007-10-28)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Wilma Rudolph, 1940-1994: 'The Fastest Woman in the World' (2007-10-21)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Davy Crockett, 1786-1836: King of the Wild Frontier (2007-10-14)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Patsy Cline, 1932-1963: Fans Were 'Crazy' About This Young Country Music Star (2007-10-7)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895: He Fought for Freedom and Equality for African Americans (2007-9-30)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Georgia O'Keefe, 1887-1986: Her Paintings Showed Her Love for the American Southwest (2007-9-23)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - The Wright Brothers, Wilbur 1867-1912 and Orville 1871-1948: They Showed the World How to Fly (2007-9-16)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Beverly Sills, 1929-2007: A Beautiful Voice for Opera and the Arts (2007-9-9)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Samuel Gompers, 1850-1924: 'The Grand Old Man of Labor' (2007-9-2)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Nellie Bly: Newspaper Reporter Used Unusual Methods to Investigate and Write About Illegal Activities in NYC (2007-8-26)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Edward Teller, 1908-2003: "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb" (2007-8-19)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Elvis Presley, 1935-1977: He Was The King of Rock and Roll (2007-8-12)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Lady Bird Johnson: The Former First Lady Was an Environmental Activist Who Made America More Beautiful (2007-8-5)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004: One of America's Most Popular Presidents (2007-7-29)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Elizabeth Blackwell, 1821-1910: Against Strong Opposition, She Became the First Western Woman in Modern Time (2007-7-22)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Bob Hope, 1903-2003: He Entertained People for More Than 70 Years (2007-7-15)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Clare Booth Luce, 1903-1987: News reporter, Magazine Editor, Member of Congress and Ambassador (2007-7-8)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Fred Astaire, 1899-1987: His Acting, Singing and Dancing Changed the American Motion Picture Musical (2007-7-1)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - William Randolph Hearst, 1863-1951: He Created What Was Once the Nation's Largest Newspaper Organization (2007-6-24)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Edith Wharton, 1862-1937: Wrote Novels of the Young and Innocent in a Dishonest World (2007-6-17)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Sam Cooke, 1931-1964: The singer was one of the biggest stars in the music industry during the 1950s and 60s (2007-6-10)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Mary Lyon, 1797-1849: A Leader in Women's Education in the Nineteenth Century (2007-6-3)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996: She Was America's First Lady of Song (2007-5-27)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Johnny Appleseed, 1774-1845: Many Stories and Poems Were Written About This American Hero (2007-5-20)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Pocahontas, 1595-1617: She Played an Important Part in the History of Jamestown, Virginia 400 Years Ago (2007-5-13)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Gene Kelly, 1912-1996: His Movies Made Dance Popular in America (2007-5-6)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Frank Lloyd Wright, 1867-1959: The greatest American building designer of the twentieth century (2007-4-29)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Barbara Jordan, 1936-1996: A Powerful Voice for Justice and Social Change (2007-4-22)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - John Coltrane, 1926-1967: The famous saxophone player helped make modern jazz popular around the world (2007-4-15)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006: He Strongly Influenced Economic Thought in the United States for Many Yea (2007-4-8)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886: The 'Belle of Amherst' Became one of America's Greatest Poets (2007-4-1)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Billie Holiday, 1915-1959: The Lady Sang the Blues (2007-3-25)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Thomas Edison, 1847-1931: America's Great Inventor (2007-3-18)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ayn Rand, 1905-1982: Americans Still Debate Her Books and Ideas (2007-3-11)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Billy Wilder, 1906-2002: He Made Movies That People Will Never Forget (2007-3-4)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ida Tarbell: She Used Her Reporting Skills Against One of the Most Powerful Companies in the World (2007-2-25)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Jerome Kern, 1885-1945: The Father of American Musical Theater (2007-2-18)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Rachel Carson, 1907-1964: Her Books Helped Launch the Environmental Protection Movement in the U.S. (2007-2-11)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - W.E.B. Du Bois, 1868-1963: He Fought for Civil Rights for Black People (2007-2-4)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Madam C.J. Walker, 1867-1919: She Developed Hair-Care Products for Black Women (2007-1-28)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - James Brown, 1933-2006: The Godfather of Soul Influenced Many Kinds of Music During His 50-Year Career (2007-1-21)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983: Building Designer, Engineer, Inventor, Thinker, Poet (2007-1-14)
- PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006: Her Activism Helped Shape the Look and Feel of Cities (2007-1-7)
