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TheGrio's 100 - Physicist Njema Frazier develops the codes for weapons simulations, creating computer models to test the hypothetical safety,…
TheGrio's 100 - Eugene Sawyer and Second Grace United Methodist Church have given impoverished Detroit dwellers a second chance at…
TheGrio's 100 - Think laptops are cool? Thank Donya Douglas, an instrument systems engineer at NASA conducting temperature control research…
TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Cooper maintains a 60-hour work week, personally mentors two VIP clients, attends court hearings and even…
TheGrio's 100 - Shirley pioneered the incorporation of clinics in city high schools, which reduced teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease,…
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 - 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 - 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 - In Jay Pharoah's first year as a 'Saturday Night Live' cast member, the stand-up comedian has been…
TheGrio's 100 - Raised by his single, teenage mother, Peebles vowed he would gain financial security for himself -- a…
TheGrio's 100 - If Wal-Mart South were its own company, president Rosalind Brewer would be running the 21st largest corporation…
TheGrio's 100 - Kye Allums plays Division I women's basketball and he -- yes, he -- is only openly transgender…