Yet for all his influence, millions of Americans today remember him for just one song, which children learn in school.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

For example, one student wrote to the American writer Jack London to thank him for writing the book "White Fang."

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Perhaps the one honor that pleased him most was that his hometown of Waukeegan named a school for him.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

A person in one of Faulkner's stories says, "God created man, and he created the world for him to live in.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

He said girls in one Dakar school told him about a lack of bathrooms and textbooks for them, and bullying from boys.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

But that never happened. For one thing, she did not love him as much as he loved her.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

The AP accuses him of using one of its photographs of Barack Obama for his famous poster.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

One evening, his mother sends him to his room without dinner as punishment for misbehaving.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

They agreed to advise Brown and, more importantly, to raise one thousand dollars for him.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

He seemed a part of the darkness and silence of the forest, for no one had ever known him to smile or speak an unnecessary word.

VOA: special.2011.02.26

One is for him to continue with efforts to stop smoking.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

His statue shows him making a V-for-victory sign with one hand.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

"One soldier had been fighting in the jungles for years. And I don't know if it had affected him or not, but when the clerk handed him a tweed suit to try on he spent three hours searching through the fuzz for snipers."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

"A team of doctors, including emergency physicians and cardiologists, attempted to resuscitate him for a period of more than one hour,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

One of the best known players to have played for him was center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was then known as Lew Alcindor.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

One option they're considering is appointing a lawyer for him, something Karadzic has said he will not accept.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27