Grio's 100: Deanna Sutton, Clutch magazine founder
theGRIOs 100 - Deanna Sutton is the founder of Clutch Magazine. Since its online launch, Clutch has experienced exponential growth and has become one of the leading websites for multicultural women ages 18 to 34...
Grio's 100: Ph.D. empowers today's inner-city youth
theGRIO's 100 - Raised in the crime-ridden Woodlawn section of Chicago, Chandra Gill, Ph.D. uses her experiences to encourage youth to get an education through the group she founded, called Blackademically Speaking...
Grio’s 100: Ex-NFLer Jason Taylor gives back
theGRIO's 100 - Recently retired Miami Dolphins linebacker Jason Taylor is giving back to the community that supported him during his football career...
Grio’s 100: Cam Newton, NFL rookie of the year
theGRIOs 100 - Cam Newton is making history in football. He is the third player ever to win the Heisman Trophy and be the first overall pick in the NFL draft within the same year...
theGrio's 100: Birdman, rapper turned mogul
theGRIO's 100 - Bryan 'Birdman' Williams is a bona-fide business mogul. While mostly known as a co-founder of Cash Money Records, his empire includes fashion...
theGrio's 100: 7-year-old fights bullying in her own book
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...
Grio's 100: Co-founder of gourmet ice cream trucks
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...
theGrio's 100: Katori Hall, rising Broadway theatrical star
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...
Grio's 100: Kevin Olusola, 'celloboxer' extraordinaire
theGRIO's 100 - You don't often hear the sounds of a cello and beatboxer at the same time, Kevin Olusola has become a YouTube sensation for his innovative method of blending the two together...
Grio's 100: The first black mayor of Jacksonville
theGRIO's 100 - Alvin Brown became the mayor of Jacksonville, Florida last July after winning by a mere 1,648 votes in the closest mayoral race in the city's history...
