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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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Isis King

theGrio's 100: Isis King, America's first top trans supermodel

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theGRIO's 100 - Isis King made history on the runway and on television, and she could become the first trans supermodel...
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Swizz Beatz (theGrio file photo)

theGrio's 100: Swizz Beatz, making beautiful music for education

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theGRIO's 100 - Swizz Beatz is making beautiful music for education, for some lucky kids in the Bronx...
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Ben Crump

theGrio's 100: Benjamin Crump, lending a legal hand for victims

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theGRIO'S 100 - Crump has helped to publicize cases of alleged police brutality or other misconduct that might have gone unnoticed...
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Brendon Ayanbadejo #51 of the Baltimore Ravens celebrates after the Ravens won 34-31 against the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

theGrio's 100: Brendon Ayanbadejo, Super Bowl winning LGBT advocate

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theGRIO's 100 - Brendon Ayanbadejo risked locker room and social media ridicule to stand up for what he believes in...
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Wanda Butts

theGrio's 100: Wanda Butts, turning tragedy into life-saving hope

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theGRIO'S 100 - Wanda Butts turned unspeakable tragedy into hope for thousands of Ohio children and their families...
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Lee Saunders

theGrio's 100: Lee Saunders, organizing America's largest union

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theGRIO'S 100 - Lee Saunders made history by becoming president of the nation's largest labor union...
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Rev. William Barber (Courtesy Eric Byler)

theGrio's 100: William Barber, fighting for the rights of all North Carolinians

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theGRIO's 100 - The Rev. Dr. William Barber is a modern-day civil rights leader who has led the fight for fairness, and the rights to marry and vote in North Carolina...
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Nefertiti and Emily, Grio's 100

theGrio's 100: Nefertiti Martin and Emily Carpenter's girl power

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theGRIO's 100 - Emily Carpenter embodies the best spirit of her generation...
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Valeisha Butterfield-Jones attends the 2013 BET Networks Inaugural Gala at Smithsonian National Museum Of American History on January 21, 2013 in Washington, United States.  (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

theGrio's 100: Valeisha Butterfield-Jones, the power of positive images

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theGRIO's 100 - Valeisha Butterfield Jones is putting the best image of black women forward...
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