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TheGrio’s 100

Franchesca Ramsey (courtesy of Four Square)

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

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Rodney Stearns (Photo courtesy Rodney Stearns)

theGrio's 100: Rodney Stearns, helping locate missing kids with Text No More

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theGRIO's 100 - Rodney Stearns is an iPhone app developer from Portland, Oregon who designed the Text No More app to prevent users from texting while driving...
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Aprille Ericsson

theGrio’s 100: Aprille Ericsson, history making engineer from Brooklyn

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theGRIO's 100 - Born and raised in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., Aprille Ericsson is the first African-American and the first woman to receive a PhD in mechanical engineering at Howard University...
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Shaun Evans (Courtesy of OMBO Apps)

theGrio's 100: Shaun Evans, bringing urban news to a smartphone near you

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theGRIO's 100 - In recent years, Shaun Evans has made significant contributions to the world of iPhone applications...
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Ibrahim Abdul-Matin (Photo: Lila Garnett)

theGrio's 100: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, merging Islam with environmentalism

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theGRIO'S 100 - Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, 36, is the author of 'Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting The Planet'...
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Kat Calvin (Courtesy Kat Calvin)

theGrio's 100: Kat Calvin, founder of 'Black Girls Hack'

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theGRIO's 100 - Kat Calvin is the founder of 'Black Girls Hack', the country’s first all-black female hack-a-thon.
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Lee Saunders

theGrio's 100: Lee Saunders, organizing America's largest union

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theGRIO'S 100 - Lee Saunders made history by becoming president of the nation's largest labor union...
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Designer Laura Smalls

theGrio’s 100: Laura Smalls, designer who dresses the first lady

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theGRIO's 100 - Michelle Obama has brought national attention to black designer Laura Smalls, who is known among the fashionable set for lovely clothing that is feminine and tailored...
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Rev. William Barber (Courtesy Eric Byler)

theGrio's 100: William Barber, fighting for the rights of all North Carolinians

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theGRIO's 100 - The Rev. Dr. William Barber is a modern-day civil rights leader who has led the fight for fairness, and the rights to marry and vote in North Carolina...
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Mayor Svante Myrick (courtesy of NBC's 'Rock Center')

theGrio's 100: Svante Myrick, running a city in his 20's

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theGRIO's 100 - The 25-year-old Myrick is the youngest-ever mayor of Ithica, New York, as well as the first African-American in the post...
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Courtesy of Kiante Young

theGrio's 100: Kiante Young, the sneaker king and marketing mogul

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theGRIO's 100 - Young and Doin’It is the title of this entrepreneur’s marketing firm and magazine and it also pretty much sums up the 32-year old's business career...
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