The Grios 100

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February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Cooper made headlines when she found that race is a factor in health care...
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Has it really been almost 18 years since What's the 411...
February 1, 2010
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 - Six years ago most people had never heard of Jamail Larkins, one of the youngest Americans to…
February 1, 2010
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 - As an agent at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Charles King has parlayed a passion for the business,…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Graced with a combination of speed, slickness and grit, the 18-year-old African-Canadian star's style is as unique…
February 1, 2010
theGrio's 100 - In a which-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg sort of way, you're oft left to wonder if the WNBA's bold, new slogan…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - She describes herself as a "writer, mother, sleeper, dancer, baker, procrastinator," but Shonda Rhimes also keeps us…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first female African-American fighter pilot...
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - To look at the her career, you'd think Mara Schiavocampo had a crystal ball for the past…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Jessica Care Moore's fans call her the spoken word laureate of the hip-hop generation...
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - It's been years since Shawn Carter, or Jay-Z, stepped out Brooklyn's Marcy housing projects into a glitzy…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Carla Harris describes herself as being "negatively motivated," which means she rarely settles for "no"...
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Christina Norman has shattered glass ceilings in media...
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's installation as mayor of Baltimore on February 4 is the latest in a series of…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - The New York-based painter has recently made a splash in the art world for his paintings of…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Satira Streeter decided to set up her clinical psychology practice in a neighborhood that before her…
February 1, 2010
theGrio's 100 - Omo Moses speaks like a true activist, following in the path of the great men who share…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Did you know that it's cool to be black and green? Kari Fulton has been leading the…