Black History Month

theGrio’s 100: Aprille Ericsson, history making engineer from Brooklyn

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theGrio’s 100: Shaun Evans, bringing urban news to a smartphone near you

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theGrio’s 100: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, merging Islam with environmentalism

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theGrio’s 100: Kat Calvin, founder of ‘Black Girls Hack’

theGRIO's 100 - Kat Calvin is the founder of 'Black Girls Hack', the country’s first all-black female hack-a-thon.
/ January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Lee Saunders, organizing America’s largest union

theGRIO'S 100 - Lee Saunders made history by becoming president of the nation's largest labor union...
/ January 15, 2013

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

theGRIO's 100 - Michelle Obama has brought national attention to black designer Laura Smalls, who is known among the fashionable…
/ January 15, 2013

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

theGRIO's 100 - The Rev. Dr. William Barber is a modern-day civil rights leader who has led the fight for…
/ January 15, 2013

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

theGRIO's 100 - Emily Carpenter embodies the best spirit of her generation...
/ January 15, 2013

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