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TheGrio’s 100 Women

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

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theGrio's 100: 7-year-old fights bullying in her own book

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theGRIO's 100 - There once was a little girl named Jessica, and her peers at school would make fun of her, saying she was overweight...
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Grio's 100: Co-founder of gourmet ice cream trucks

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theGRIOs 100 - Apple Martini. Apple Pie. Almond Butter. These three things did not have a lot in common until Felecia Hatcher came along and created Feverish, an aptly named line of gourmet ice cream trucks...
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theGrio's 100: Katori Hall, rising Broadway theatrical star

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theGRIO's 100 - Katori Hall's recent play 'The Mountaintop' is a fictional civil rights-era piece set at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis the night before Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated...
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Grio’s 100: A trailblazer for women in politics

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theGRIOs 100 - As Florida Gov. Rick Scott's second-in-command, Jennifer Carroll is the first African-American Republican woman on a statewide ticket...
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TheGrio's 100: Traci Lester, striving to improve early literacy for low-income children

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theGRIO's 100 - Traci Lester is the executive director of Reach Out and Read's Greater New York branch, which works with pediatric offices to provide free books for children...
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TheGrio's 100: Nitty Scott, up-and-coming female MC

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theGRIO's 100 - Twenty-one-year-old rapper Nitty Scott became an overnight sensation when she made her national debut during the "BET Hip Hop Awards" cypher last year...
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TheGrio's 100: Dr. Sandra Tucker, nursing school dean places priority on educating underserved communities

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theGRIO's 100 - Dr. Sandra Tucker has been praised for her work as dean of the school of nursing at Southern University at Shreveport in Louisiana...
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TheGrio’s 100: Laurel Richie, first black woman to head a national sports league

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theGRIO's 100 - Laurel Richie, as the president of the WNBA, has no sports background but decades of business and marketing experience...
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TheGrio's 100: Tia Norfleet, racing to become NASCAR's first black female driver

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theGRIO's 100 - Tia Norfleet is making history as the first and only woman to be issued a NASCAR license in the organization's 63-year history...
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TheGrio's 100: Tracee Ellis Ross, actress portrays positive black image on and off the screen

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theGRIO's 100 - Tracee Ellis Ross is a mainstay in American homes, providing families with an amusing take on life from a professional black woman's perspective...
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