Black History Month

theGrio’s 100: Laura Smalls, designer who dresses the first lady

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theGrio’s 100: William Barber, fighting for the rights of all North Carolinians

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theGrio’s 100: Nerfertiti Martin and Emily Carpenter’s girl power

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theGrio’s 100: Valeisha Butterfield-Jones, the power of positive images

theGRIO's 100 - Valeisha Butterfield Jones is putting the best image of black women forward...
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Svante Myrick, running a city in his 20’s

theGRIO's 100 - The 25-year-old Myrick is the youngest-ever mayor of Ithica, New York, as well as the first African-American…
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Kiante Young, the sneaker king and marketing mogul

theGRIO's 100 - Young and Doin’It is the title of this entrepreneur’s marketing firm and magazine and it also pretty…
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Nzinga Knight, designer who is making modest Muslim fashions fabulous

theGRIO's 100 - Nzinga Knight is a black American designer whose style mixes a sense of chic born of her…
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Anthony Foxx leading in the New South

theGRIO's 100 - Anthony Foxx is the mayor of Charlotte and considered a rising political star not only in the…
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Amos Winbush III, the bowtie-wearing musician turned techie

theGRIO's 100 - The budding musician was so frustrated after losing everything when his iPhone crashed in 2008, he was…
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Suzanne Shank, the leading lady of Wall Street

Who is Suzanne Shank? Suzanne Shank is one of the few African-American female CEOs in the country, credited with running
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Novelist Dinaw Mengestu brings voices of African immigrants to light

theGRIO'S 100 - Dinaw Mengestu, 34, has been praised for his work exploring the identities of Africans transitioning to life…
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Randal Pinkett, 1st black ‘Apprentice’ winner trumps competition

theGRIO's 100 - The MIT graduate is the co-founder and CEO of BCT Partners, a technology and policy consulting firm…
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Dambisa Moyo, international economist on a quest to save Africa

theGRIO's 100 - International economist Dambisa Moyo is known for her groundbreaking work surrounding finance infrastructure in developing countries...
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Vera Moore, the soap opera star turned makeup guru

theGRIO's 100 - Vera Moore is a soap opera star turned entrepreneur who created her own cosmetics line, Vera Moore…
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Salaam Coleman Smith, the Style network’s savior

theGRIO's 100 - Smith, 42, has been running NBCUniversal's Style network for the last six years...
/ January 15, 2013