Service and Activism

TheGrio’s 100: Brenda Combs, Founder of Finding My Shoes, goes from homeless to helping those in need

Keosha Johnson

theGRIO's 100 - While living drug-addicted on the streets, Brenda Combs hit rock bottom. Combs then got clean and founded an organization aimed at helping those in need...

'The Iron Lady' has nothing on these brave women

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

SLIDESHOW - 'The Iron Lady' has nothing on these brave black women. While Meryl Streep is making headlines for her new role in this biopic...

Who will follow in Rosa Parks' footsteps?

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

SLIDESHOW - Who will follow in Rosa Parks' footsteps? There are several young women rising through the activism ranks, many of whom could someday be just as revered as the late civil rights icon...

Slideshow: Nelson Mandela through the years

Mandisa Washington

SLIDESHOW - In honor of Nelson Mandela's 92nd birthday, theGrio invites you on an emotional journey through seven decades of his political activism and personal crisis...

Where are the modern Freedom Riders?

Mychal Denzel Smith

OPINION - If young people were willing to risk their lives 50 years ago for the cause of equal rights, where are the youth activists of today willing to do the same?...

TheGrio's 100: La'Shanda Holmes, first black female Coast Guard copter pilot flying high

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TheGrio's 100 - Lt. JG La'Shanda Holmes' claim that she 'didn't grow up with a silver spoon' is an incredible understatement...

TheGrio's 100: Richard Bennett, ex-Marine builds $8M construction company

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TheGrio's 100 - This Former Marine now commands his own company, Fidelis, which has rapidly built a sturdy reputation in contract construction...

The men and women of theGrio's 100 'Service and Activism'

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Every February TheGrio looks at the men and women who are making a difference in black communities and across the nation. In particular, the members of theG…

TheGrio's 100: Tracie Washington, calling out racism and injustice in NOLA

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TheGrio's 100 - When the Louisiana Housing Authority planned to raze a public housing project in 2006, Tracie Washington sued to block them in their tracks....

TheGrio's 100: Christina Oliver, translating as part of a rare team in Afghanistan

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TheGrio's 100 - Before 25-year-old Cpl. Oliver and 39 other female Marines were deployed to interview rural Afghan women last year, the U.S. military had no point of access to the female half of the population...

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Service and Activism

TheGrio’s 100: Brenda Combs, Founder of Finding My Shoes, goes from homeless to helping those in need

'The Iron Lady' has nothing on these brave women

Who will follow in Rosa Parks' footsteps?

Slideshow: Nelson Mandela through the years

TheGrio's 100: La'Shanda Holmes, first black female Coast Guard copter pilot flying high

TheGrio's 100: Richard Bennett, ex-Marine builds $8M construction company

The men and women of theGrio's 100 'Service and Activism'

TheGrio's 100: Tracie Washington, calling out racism and injustice in NOLA

TheGrio's 100: Christina Oliver, translating as part of a rare team in Afghanistan

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