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Franchesca Ramsey (courtesy of Four Square)

theGrio's 100: Franchesca Ramsey, 'Girls Say' she is a sensation

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Amare Stoudemire attends Fashion's Night Out at Saks Fifth Avenue on September 6, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Saks Fifth Avenue)

Grio's 100: Amar'e Stoudemire inspires kids to read with 'swag'

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theGRIO's 100 - Amar'e Stoudemire, 30, is a professional basketball player, author, motivational speaker and dedicated philanthropist..
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Statue honoring the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Rosa Parks statue unveiled at Capitol

Suzanne Gamboa, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rosa Parks is famous for her 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a city bus in Alabama to a white man, but there's plenty about the rest of her experiences that she deliberately withheld from her family.
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Terrie M. Williams

theGrio’s 100: Terrie M. Williams, advocating for the voiceless

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theGRIO's 100 - The New York native has now gained notoriety as a national advocate for mental health awareness in the African-American community...
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Carol McCaskill (Photo courtesy of Kaitlin Luna)

theGrio's 100: Carolyn McCaskill, giving black sign language a voice

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theGRIO's 100 - Dr. Carolyn McCaskill, 60, is a deaf but her disability has never held her back. Her life is testimony to overcoming discrimination and achieving academic excellence...
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Demarre and Anthony McGill at the 2009 Inaugural Ball (Courtesy of the McGill family)

theGrio’s 100: McGill brothers making it big in classical music

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theGRIO's 100 - Anthony McGill and Demarre McGill are brothers who, although born and raised on Chicago’s tough South Side, have both miraculously achieved stellar levels of success in the world of classical music...
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Franchesca Ramsey (courtesy of Four Square)

theGrio's 100: Franchesca Ramsey, 'Girls Say' she is a sensation

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theGRIO's 100 - Franchesca Ramsey has established herself as a comedic force to reckoned with in the increasingly ambitious world of viral videos...
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Terrence Jenkins attends NBCUniversal's '2013 Winter TCA Tour' Day 2 at Langham Hotel on January 7, 2013 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

theGrio’s 100: 'Terrence J’, the new prince of pop culture

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theGRIO's 100 - Terrence J is a talented and ambitious TV personality who brings his personality and original style of storytelling to any news program that he is a part of...
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Beverly Bond

theGrio's 100: Beverly Bond, encouraging young black girls to 'rock'

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theGRIO's 100 - Beverly Bond is giving black girls the message their grandmothers or mothers didn't hear: 'you rock!'...
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 28: (L-R) Jordan Peele and Keegan Michael Key speak onstage at The Comedy Awards 2012 at Hammerstein Ballroom on April 28, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

theGrio’s 100: Key and Peele, the dynamic comedy duo

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theGRIO's 100 - Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are both former members of Madtv, but are best known as the stars of Comedy Central’s 'Key and Peele' show...
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Dr. Vance Moss (left) and Dr. Vincent Moss (right) in Iraq in 2008.

theGrio’s 100: the Moss brothers, operating on passion

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theGRIO's 100 - Drs. Vincent and Vance Moss, 41, are twin surgeons who share a passion for helping others. This passion can be traced as far back as their years in the Boy Scouts of America...
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