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TheGrio's 100 - Shirley pioneered the incorporation of clinics in city high schools, which reduced teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease,…
TheGrio's 100 - Lolis Eric Elie's passion for history and storytelling intersected with his home city's destruction at the hands…
TheGrio's 100 - In 1990, Hallerin Hilton Hill had a wife, a one-year-old son, and no idea where their next…
TheGrio's 100 - Williams' portrayal of Omar Little, a shotgun-toting, dealer-robbing, openly gay thug on HBO's 'The Wire,' gained 2007's…
TheGrio's 100 - Bernal Smith is bringing the Tri-State Defender, a Memphis newspaper that played an important role in the…
TheGrio's 100 - Hamilton's first feature-length film, 'Night Catches Us,' stems from her fascination with a family friend's story of…
TheGrio's 100 - Trombonist Troy Andrews stepped into the spotlight last year with the release of his Grammy-nominated album, 'Backatown',…
TheGrio's 100 - Kenny Leon seeks out performance art that combines a sense of history with modern appeal...
TheGrio's 100 - Opera won't be seen as the stuff of stodgy aristocratic types if songstress Angela Brown has her…
TheGrio's 100 - When the Louisiana Housing Authority planned to raze a public housing project in 2006, Tracie Washington sued…
TheGrio's 100 - This 30-year-old biology teacher was named varsity boys football coach of Coolidge High School last March, making…
TheGrio's 100 - Echoing Green CEO Cheryl Dorsey grants seed money to creative problem-solvers ready to implement life-changing ideas...
TheGrio's 100 - After spending nine successful years in finance at Shearson Lehman Hutton, Beal founded one of the nation's…
TheGrio's 100 - In 2009, DeMaurice Smith left law firm Patton Boggs to become the first NFL-outsider to run the…
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 - Dr. Winston Gandy understands that America's uneven access to health care is deadly. People of color live…
TheGrio's 100 - Before 25-year-old Cpl. Oliver and 39 other female Marines were deployed to interview rural Afghan women last…
TheGrio's 100 - Dale Long has a big family. A 34-year volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Dallas native…
TheGrio's 100 - In the age of the Internet, Millennials have an increased access to political power -- they just…