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CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY AND POET JOSE MARTI DIED ON MAY 19, 1895, FIGHTING IN CUBA'S WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH EMILIO CUETO (eh-MEE-leo ku-EH-toh), A CUBAN-AMERICAN WASHINGTON ATTORNEY, PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND POET, WHO READS TO US, IN ENGLISH, MARTI'S POEM EL BUEN PEDRO (THE GOOD PEDRO), AND JESUS BARQUET (heh-SOOS bar-KEHT), A CUBAN POET WHO TEACHES SPANISH AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, WHO READS TO US, IN SPANISH, MARTI'S POEM DOS PATRIAS (TWO MOTHERLANDS). THEY TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JOSE MARTI'S WORK.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes last week's winner and challenges ur listeners with a new puzzle. Will also tells us about Stephen Sondheim's uzzle Treasure Hunt, which took place last Monday evening in New York City. :26 This week's on-air player lives in Davenport, Iowa and listens to WVIK, Rock sland, Ill

As technology continues to advance, some ndividuals will have the means to gather information at an unprecedented rate. ess priveledged American citizens run the risk of being excluded from this omputer-driven future because of their lack of access to these modern tools of ommunication. NPR's Margot Adler reports on recent efforts by African-American rofessionals to bring high-tech equipment and information into their ommunities.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr speaks about revelations in new book by former FBI man Cartha "Deke" DeLoach regarding Lyndon B. Johnson nd Richard Nixon.

Joe Smith of member station W-C-P-N reports that Sam Jethroe, ho played for the Boston Braves 45 years ago, is currently suing the Major eague. Jethro was one of the few black players nominated as Rookie of the Year, ut was dropped to the minors after only three years with the Braves. He claims hat racial discrimination played a part in his demotion, and is taking legal ction to receive the pension benefits he says he deserves.

SCOTT SIMON GOES TO A SUBURB OF SALT LAKE CITY TO VISIT WITH TENZIN DHONG (TEN-zin DONG-hah) AND HIS FAMILY. THE 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS BELIEVED TO BE THE REINCARNATION OF A HIGH TIBETIAN BUDDHIST LAMA...WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE HIS OWN GRANDFATHER.

Maker - NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on the case of Paul Kim, a high school senior in the Seattle suburbs who got into trouble because of a World Wide Web site he created on the Internet that made fun of his school. The site, which also included links to other Web sites that had sexually explicit material, was not connected to his school in any official way. Kim says that the principal of his high school stripped him of his chance to win a national merit scholarship because of the site.

SIMON/HEINZ 57: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH DONNA DOWLING, AN 8TH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER AT THE NORTHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. HER CLASS WROTE TO H.J. HEINZ COMPANY IN PITTSBURGH BRINGING TO THEIR ATTENTION INCORRECT GRAMMAR USED ON THEIR LABEL, AND THE COMPANY WROTE BACK..."AS A RESULT OF YOUR LETTERS, THE BACK LABEL OF HEINZ 57 SAUCE WILL BE REDESIGNED WITH NEW VERBIAGE."

SIMON/GUINIER: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH LANI GUINIER, CURRENTLY PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ABOUT HER NEWLY-RERELEASED BOOK, NOW IN PAPERBACK, THE TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY - FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS IN REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, PUBLISHED BY THE FREE PRESS, AND THEY TALK ABOUT CASES COMING BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT THAT COULD CHANGE THE FACE OF POLITICS.