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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 29: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson answers science questions from the crowd at the Williamsburg Waterfront on July 29, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)

theGrio's 100: Neil deGrasse Tyson, the nation’s expert on space

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theGRIO'S 100 - Neil deGrasse Tyson is an accomplished astrophysicist from the Bronx, New York...
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Kelvin Doe (Photo: Paula Aguilera /MIT Media Lab)

theGrio's 100: Kelvin Doe, whiz kid from Sierra Leone

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theGRIO's 100 - Kelvin Doe, often called 'The Whiz Kid', is a 16-year-old self-taught inventor and engineer from Sierra Leone...
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Rodney Stearns (Photo courtesy Rodney Stearns)

theGrio's 100: Rodney Stearns, helping locate missing kids with Text No More

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theGRIO's 100 - Rodney Stearns is an iPhone app developer from Portland, Oregon who designed the Text No More app to prevent users from texting while driving...
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Aprille Ericsson

theGrio’s 100: Aprille Ericsson, history making engineer from Brooklyn

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theGRIO's 100 - Born and raised in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., Aprille Ericsson is the first African-American and the first woman to receive a PhD in mechanical engineering at Howard University...
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Shaun Evans (Courtesy of OMBO Apps)

theGrio's 100: Shaun Evans, bringing urban news to a smartphone near you

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theGRIO's 100 - In recent years, Shaun Evans has made significant contributions to the world of iPhone applications...
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Ibrahim Abdul-Matin (Photo: Lila Garnett)

theGrio's 100: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, merging Islam with environmentalism

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theGRIO'S 100 - Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, 36, is the author of 'Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting The Planet'...
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Kat Calvin (Courtesy Kat Calvin)

theGrio's 100: Kat Calvin, founder of 'Black Girls Hack'

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theGRIO's 100 - Kat Calvin is the founder of 'Black Girls Hack', the country’s first all-black female hack-a-thon.
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Brittney Exline (Courtesy Exline family)

theGrio’s 100: Brittney Exline, Ivy league prodigy makes history

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theGRIO's 100 - At the age of 15, the Colorado Springs, native became the youngest African-American female to be accepted into an Ivy League school, the University of Pennsylvania...
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Mario Armstrong (marioarmstrong.com)

theGrio's 100: Mario Armstrong, proving video games can be good for you

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theGRIO'S 100 - A self-proclaimed people lover, vegan and shoe addict, Armstrong is the co-founder of the Urban Videogame Academy...
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Gregory Lowe, SongBooth app developer (Courtesy Lowekey Media website)

theGrio's 100: Gregory Lowe, SongBooth app developer

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theGRIO's 100 - Gregory Lowe is the CEO of Lowekey Media, a mobile technology agency that uses digital thinking to reach a multicultural audience...
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