Black History Month

TheGrio's 100: Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, sex educator for life

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TheGrio's 100: Freeman A. Hrabowski III, university president and educational trailblazer

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TheGrio's 100: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, hoping to heal health care

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TheGrio's 100: Bakari Sellers, a political star in the making

TheGrio's 100 - Bakari Sellers is just 25 years old, but he's already made it into the history books...
/ February 1, 2010

Mayor-elect in Newton, Mass. set for historic inauguration

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) -- The city of Newton inaugurated the first African-American to be elected mayor in a popular vote…
/ February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Anthony Woods, the future of gay black politics

TheGrio's 100 - Anthony Woods attracted national attention as an openly gay, two-tour Iraq war veteran running for Congress in…
/ February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: David Drummond, leading Google's charge into uncharted e-territory

TheGrio's 100 - Google is clearly one of the greatest technological advances of our time, and David C. Drummond has…
/ February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Kadir Nelson, drawing from the past to illustrate hope

TheGrio's 100 - You may not know Kadir Nelson by name, but you've probably come across his work...
/ February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Lisa Cooper, closing the racial gap in health care

TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Cooper made headlines when she found that race is a factor in health care...
/ February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Rabbi Alysa Stanton, the new face of Judaism

TheGrio's 100 - Alysa Stanton is the first black woman to become a rabbi in any mainstream Jewish denomination...
/ February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Mary J. Blige, no more drama, just the music

TheGrio's 100 - Has it really been almost 18 years since What's the 411...
/ February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Byron Pitts, from illiteracy to world-class journalist

TheGrio's 100 - Functionally illiterate until age 12, nothing in Byron Pitts' background suggested that he'd become an Emmy award-winning…
/ February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Treena Livingston Arinzeh, getting the root of stem cell science

TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Arinzeh's discovery that adult stem cells can be transplanted from one person to another without rejection…
/ February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Charles King, from mailroom to Hollywood mogul

TheGrio's 100 - As an agent at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Charles King has parlayed a passion for the business,…
/ February 1, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Shawna Kimbrell, first black female fighter pilot

TheGrio's 100 - Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first female African-American fighter pilot...
/ February 1, 2010