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TheGrio’s 100

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

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TheGrio's 100: Natalie Randolph, from female football player to varsity coach

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TheGrio's 100 - This 30-year-old biology teacher was named varsity boys football coach of Coolidge High School last March, making her one of two women to hold such a position in America...
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TheGrio's 100: Cheryl Dorsey, doctor turned CEO delivers positive change

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TheGrio's 100 - Echoing Green CEO Cheryl Dorsey grants seed money to creative problem-solvers ready to implement life-changing ideas...
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TheGrio's 100: Bernard Beal, Wall Street mogul does well by doing good

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TheGrio's 100 - After spending nine successful years in finance at Shearson Lehman Hutton, Beal founded one of the nation's premier investment banking boutiques...
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TheGrio's 100: DeMaurice Smith, playing hardball for NFL players

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TheGrio's 100 - In 2009, DeMaurice Smith left law firm Patton Boggs to become the first NFL-outsider to run the NFL Players' Association...
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TheGrio's 100: Amiya Alexander, pint-sized pirouetting entrepreneur

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TheGrio's 100 - When Amiya Alexander's friends couldn't afford dance lessons, the then-9-year-old dancer decided to start her own studio...
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TheGrio's 100: Winston Gandy, filling the gaps for health care have-nots

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TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Winston Gandy understands that America's uneven access to health care is deadly. People of color live an average of six years fewer than their white counterparts...
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Christina Oliver Cpl., U.S Marine Corps Photo Lynsey Addario / VII Network

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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TheGrio's 100: Dale Long, pledging to change history by serving as Big Brother

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TheGrio's 100 - Dale Long has a big family. A 34-year volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Dallas native has mentored six Little Brothers from adolescence to adulthood...
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Decker Ngongang Vice President of Programs, Mobilize.org Photo Decker Ngongang

TheGrio's 100: Decker Ngongang, mobilizing Millennials to change America

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TheGrio's 100 - In the age of the Internet, Millennials have an increased access to political power -- they just need a little help speaking out on their issues...
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TheGrio's 100: Jay Pharoah, SNL freshman makes quite an impression

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TheGrio's 100 - In Jay Pharoah's first year as a 'Saturday Night Live' cast member, the stand-up comedian has been playing to his strengths with a slew of spot-on celebrity impersonations...
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