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February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - With a fresh perspective on education based on design, Tyus is drawing up new blueprints for her…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Legendary astronaut Bernard Harris has logged close to 200 hours in space and more than 2.9 million…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As CEO of Green for All, Ellis-Lamkins organizes minority and disadvantaged communities to unite and advocate for…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As an outspoken activist for Gulf Coast residents, Monique Harden has gained a reputation as the first…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Faye Alexander Nelson has spent the last eight years turning a strip of Detroit, once an industrial…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Neuroscientists have long sought physical evidence of memory, and Fenton and his fellow researches at NYU have…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - When Marve Frazier joined Bossip.com in 2006, the domain name was worth $8. She's since managed to…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Lolis Eric Elie's passion for history and storytelling intersected with his home city's destruction at the hands…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Bernal Smith is bringing the Tri-State Defender, a Memphis newspaper that played an important role in the…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - When the Louisiana Housing Authority planned to raze a public housing project in 2006, Tracie Washington sued…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Before 25-year-old Cpl. Oliver and 39 other female Marines were deployed to interview rural Afghan women last…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Dale Long has a big family. A 34-year volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Dallas native…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - In the age of the Internet, Millennials have an increased access to political power -- they just…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - When Tim Scott took office on January 3, he became the first African-American Republican congressman from South…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Terrance Roberts tells high school students they'll have 700 days after joining a gang until they're in…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - With TwitChange.com, Shaun King leveraged Twitter to address the Haitian earthquake's aftermath...
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Pastor Larry Camel could not sit idle when his small city of Saginaw, MI saw 17 homicides…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - At the age of 5, philanthropist Joshua Williams decided to stomp out hunger in the Miami region…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - When 35-year-old Reverend Jawanza Karriem Lightfoot Colvin took the pulpit at Cleveland's Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, he…
January 27, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - TheGrio.com kicks of Black History Month with profiles of 100 future African-American industry leaders ...