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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

TheGrio's 100: Don Peebles, college dropout crowned real-estate king

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TheGrio's 100 - Raised by his single, teenage mother, Peebles vowed he would gain financial security for himself -- a promise that drove him to take an unconventional path to success...

TheGrio's 100: Rosalind Brewer, Wal-Mart leader breaks Fortune 500 glass ceiling

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TheGrio's 100 - If Wal-Mart South were its own company, president Rosalind Brewer would be running the 21st largest corporation on the 2010 Fortune 500 list...

TheGrio's 100: Terry Kennedy, skateboarding to his own beat

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TheGrio's 100 - To many, skateboarding is just the stuff of rebellious teenagers. But Terry Kennedy found refuge in that rebellion...

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The Grios 100

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

TheGrio's 100: Cheryl Dorsey, doctor turned CEO delivers positive change

TheGrio's 100: Bernard Beal, Wall Street mogul does well by doing good

TheGrio's 100: DeMaurice Smith, playing hardball for NFL players

TheGrio's 100: Winston Gandy, filling the gaps for health care have-nots

TheGrio's 100: Amiya Alexander, pint-sized pirouetting entrepreneur

TheGrio's 100: Jay Pharoah, SNL freshman makes quite an impression

TheGrio's 100: Don Peebles, college dropout crowned real-estate king

TheGrio's 100: Rosalind Brewer, Wal-Mart leader breaks Fortune 500 glass ceiling

TheGrio's 100: Terry Kennedy, skateboarding to his own beat

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