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theGrios 100

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Grio's 100: Co-founder of gourmet ice cream trucks

Keosha Johnson
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...
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theGrio's 100: Katori Hall, rising Broadway theatrical star

Keosha Johnson
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...
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Grio's 100: Kevin Olusola, 'celloboxer' extraordinaire

Keosha Johnson
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...
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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. (Photo: City of Jacksonville)

Grio's 100: The first black mayor of Jacksonville

Keosha Johnson
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...
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Slideshow: The Grio's 100 top 10 African-Americans in media

Tamy Cozier
These 10 African-Americans have taken the media world by storm.
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Grio’s 100: A trailblazer for women in politics

Keosha Johnson
theGRIOs 100 - As Florida Gov. Rick Scott's second-in-command, Jennifer Carroll is the first African-American Republican woman on a statewide ticket...
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TheGrio's 100: Kevin Hart sees humor in everyday life

Keosha Johnson
theGRIO's 100 - Comedian and actor Kevin Hart has been keeping audiences in stitches for more than a decade...
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Grio's 100: Custodian wins lottery, donates money

Keosha Johnson
theGRIO's 100 - In 2006, Tyrone Curry won $3.4 million and continued working, even donating $40,000 to the school where he was employed as a janitor to build a race track...
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TheGrio's 100 - 2012

Introducing theGrio's 100 class of 2012: America's best

theGrio
theGRIO EDITORIAL - We believe it's important celebrate the giants of yesteryear as well as those who are beginning to shape our nation's future today...
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TheGrio's 100: Traci Lester, striving to improve early literacy for low-income children

Keosha Johnson
theGRIO's 100 - Traci Lester is the executive director of Reach Out and Read's Greater New York branch, which works with pediatric offices to provide free books for children...
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