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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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theGrio's 100: Oscar L. Harris, transforming the urban fabric of Atlanta

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theGRIO's 100 - Oscar L. Harris is one of the most influential businessmen and prominent architects in the Southern United States...
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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 15: Farrah Gray speaks during the 10th Annual Multicultural Prism Awards Gala at the Universal City Hilton Hotel on December 15, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)

theGrio's 100: Farrah Gray, the self-made millionaire book publisher

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theGRIO's 100 - Becoming one of the youngest self-made millionaires at only 14 years old, Farrah Gray, who is now 27, knows what it takes to make it big in the business world...
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theGrio's 100: Sabrina Lamb, empowering minority youth to handle money

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theGRIO's 100 - Sabrina Lamb is a best-selling author, media commentator and keynote speaker. She is also the head of WorldofMoney.org, a non-profit organization for children...
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Dylan Penningroth

theGrio's 100: Dylan C. Penningroth, behind groundbreaking research in slavery

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theGRIO's 100 - Dylan C. Penningroth is a history professor at Northwestern University, who specializes in African-American socio-legal history...
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Susan Chapman (Photo by American Express/ Permission from Susan Chapman)

theGrio's 100: Susan E. Chapman, digitizing workspaces 1 office at a time

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theGRIO's 100 - She is currently the Senior Vice President of Global Real Estate and Workplace Enablement for American Express, a company with over 65,000 employees in 41 countries...
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theGrio’s 100: Dorian Warren, Columbia University scholar-activist

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theGRIO's 100 - Dorian Warren is an activist, scholar of labor politics and professor at Columbia University...
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Forensics coach Tommie Lindsey travelling on the bus with his team to a tournament in the award-winning documentary,"Accidental Hero: Room 408"  Photo credit: Steve Rosen

theGrio’s 100: Tommie Lindsey, opening doors for students through public speaking

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theGRIO's 100 - Tommie Lindsey has been a dedicated teacher for the past 36 years, primarily coaching Forensics, which essentially is competition in speech, debate and dramatic presentation...
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theGrio's 100: Tambay Obenson, shining light on black film with 'Shadow and Act'

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theGRIO's 100 - Obenson, 38, is a Nigerian born film fanatic who aspires to bring more coverage and awareness to the work of African-Americans in the film business...
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Brittney Exline (Courtesy Exline family)

theGrio’s 100: Brittney Exline, Ivy league prodigy makes history

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theGRIO's 100 - At the age of 15, the Colorado Springs, native became the youngest African-American female to be accepted into an Ivy League school, the University of Pennsylvania...
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Dean Baquet

theGrio's 100: Dean Baquet, the main man at the New York Times

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theGRIO's 100 - During Baquet's tenure as managing editor the Times has weathered figurative and literal storms, while still upholding the 'Old Grey Lady's' standard...
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