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Every February TheGrio looks at the men and women who are making a difference in black communities and across the
TheGrio's 100 - Badass Barbie Nicki Minaj was breaking hearts and Billboard records even before her debut LP, Pink Friday,…
TheGrio's 100 - With a Harvard MBA and management experience at Disney and the NBA, Rice founded Management Leadership for…
TheGrio's 100 - As a volunteer attorney, Kenneth Frazier won the 1997 release of James "Bo" Cochran, who spent 19…
TheGrio's 100 - Right-fielder Jason Heyward had a stunning MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves this year, hitting a three-run…
TheGrio's 100 - The 28 points he scored in the final game against Turkey last summer gave the United States…
TheGrio's 100 - Now a world-class gymnast with a 2010 silver world medal, the 18-year-old hasn't lost her knack for…
TheGrio's 100 - Edwidge Danticat writes novels to convey the deep and troubled history of her home, Haiti: a culturally…
TheGrio's 100 - Thursday night NBC sitcoms are the major leagues of TV comedy, and Donald Glover knows how to…
TheGrio's 100 - Burton will be supporting the new White House Press Secretary with the same press room prowess he's…
TheGrio's 100 - Mark Luckie spearheads interactive media strategy for The Washington Post's national section, forging new ways for readers…
TheGrio's 100 - Fennell's bold career jump from high-powered magazine manager to independent political fundraiser marked her as an impassioned…
TheGrio's 100 - As president of Intellectual Ventures, a company that invests in inventors, Adriane Brown is in the business…
TheGrio's 100 - This Nigerian-American professor at California Institute of Technology is making waves with his research on jellyfish locomotion…
TheGrio's 100 - From clean energy to ethnic diversity, Erica Williams aims to advocate on the issues that Americans under…
TheGrio's 100 - While other congressmen cite their voting records for proof of their convictions, Rep. Donna Edwards can point…
TheGrio's 100 - With an average golf score of 73.53 and a 3.96 grade point, 16-year-old Maria Stackhouse is drawing…
TheGrio's 100 - As America's first female African-American transplant surgeon, Velma Scantlebury wants to see more people of color in…
TheGrio's 100 - In the face of looming budget cuts and daunting drop-out rates, Tamica Stubbs inspired her underprivileged Charlotte,…