TheGrio's 100: Carol Jenkins, a media leader advocating for tomorrow's female journalists
theGRIOs 100- Carol Jenkins is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist who is most widely known as the former co-anchor of WNBC-TV's 6 p.m. newscast. Yet she also started the Women's Media Center, a non-profit group dedicated to helping women succeed in media.
TheGrio’s 100: Brenda Combs, Founder of Finding My Shoes, goes from homeless to helping those in need
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...
TheGrio's 100: Terri Sewell, freshman congresswoman fighting for Alabaman green jobs
TheGrio's 100 - Running on a campaign platform of job creation and economic development, finance attorney Terri Sewell struck a chord with her home state of Alabama...
TheGrio's 100: Monica Haslip, educating the next generation of emerging artists
TheGrio's 100 - Monica Haslip departed from her corporate marketing job to teach inner-city Chicagoans the trades of art and entrepreneurship...
TheGrio's 100: Viola Davis, from stage to film — acting with history in mind
TheGrio's 100 - From a nearly all-white town in Rhode Island, Davis was resilient about her pursuit of acting...
TheGrio's 100: Janelle Monáe, of-the-moment artist with timeless appeal
TheGrio's 100 - The tuxedo-clad, perfectly coifed artist burst onto the Billboard charts with the funky single "Tightrope"...
TheGrio's 100: Tamron Hall, anchor pressing newsmakers on national issues (VIDEO)
TheGrio's 100 - This Texas native has a cable television home on MSNBC's 'NewsNation', where she has established herself as a diligent reporter and an engaging interviewer...
TheGrio's 100: La'Shanda Holmes, first black female Coast Guard copter pilot flying high
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: Michelle Obama, first lady leads fight against obesity
The Grio's 100 - Michelle Obama is throwing her weight behind her landmark Let's Move initiative, and is propelling our country towards a healthier future...
TheGrio's 100: Hydeia Broadbent, putting a face on the future of AIDS
TheGrio's 100 - "I am the future and I have AIDS." These words, spoken by a 12-year-old Broadbent at the 1996 GOP convention, propelled changing perceptions of the disease...
