TheGrios100 2011

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February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As president of Intellectual Ventures, a company that invests in inventors, Adriane Brown is in the business…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - From clean energy to ethnic diversity, Erica Williams aims to advocate on the issues that Americans under…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - While other congressmen cite their voting records for proof of their convictions, Rep. Donna Edwards can point…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - In the face of looming budget cuts and daunting drop-out rates, Tamica Stubbs inspired her underprivileged Charlotte,…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - A seasoned television news correspondent, Rehema Ellis has reported on everything from Obama's inauguration to Hurricane Katrina,…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Kittie Weston-Knauer, one of the first competitive female BMX racers in the United States, is no stranger…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - President Obama set the goal for the U.S. to have the highest proportion of college graduates in…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Derrell Bradford's determination to give parents the freedom of school choice has made the former writer integral…
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 - Physicist Njema Frazier develops the codes for weapons simulations, creating computer models to test the hypothetical safety,…
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 - Think laptops are cool? Thank Donya Douglas, an instrument systems engineer at NASA conducting temperature control research…
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…