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TheGrio's 100: George Andrews, Providing opportunities for small businesses

By Keosha Johnson

2:22 PM on 02/09/2012

theGRIO's 100 - George Andrews is the founder and CEO of what is now the second-largest black-owned bank in Georgia...

TheGrio's 100: Alonzo Washington, real-life superhero creates black comic book characters

By Keosha Johnson

8:51 AM on 02/09/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Alonzo Washington spent his childhood creating comic book heroes. He has turned that hobby into a series of comic books featuring black superheroes...

TheGrio's 100: Andrew 'Bo' Young, III, changing the way we give

By Keosha Johnson

2:04 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Andrew 'Bo' Young, III is the CEO of Give Locally, a website that pre-screens and posts the needs of everyday Americans on the site...

TheGrio's 100: Cheryl Mills, leading the charge from the White House to the State Department

By Keosha Johnson

1:52 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIOs 100 - Cheryl Mills is currently the counselor and chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

TheGrio's 100: Nicole Lyons, car builder, drag racer and one of few women of color in the industry

By Keosha Johnson

8:29 AM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO's 100 - In 2005, Lyons became the first black woman in professional stock racing. The following year she built an 1,100 horsepower engine, which broke records...

TheGrio's 100: Anthony Robles, NCAA wrestling champion wins big without second leg

By Keosha Johnson

8:22 AM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Born without a right leg, Anthony Robles has defied this challenge to win the 2010-2011 NCAA individual wrestling championship in the 125-pound weight class...

TheGrio's 100: Nigel Sylvester, professional BMX rider takes life by the handlebars

By Keosha Johnson

9:00 AM on 02/07/2012

theGRIO's 100 - At first, Nigel was just a boy on his bike in Queens, NY. He's still on his bike years later, but this time it's a bike he designed and he's getting paid to be on it...

TheGrio's 100: Deanna Sutton, Founder of Clutch magazine

By Keosha Johnson

3:34 PM on 02/06/2012

theGRIOs 100 - Deanna Sutton is the founder of Clutch Magazine. Since its online launch, Clutch has experienced exponential growth and has become one of the leading websites for multicultural women ages 18 to 34...

TheGrio's 100: Chandra Gill, using her life experience to empower today's youth

By Keosha Johnson

1:02 PM on 02/06/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Raised in the crime-ridden Woodlawn section of Chicago, Chandra Gill, Ph.D. uses her experiences to encourage youth to get an education through the group she founded, called Blackademically Speaking...

TheGrio's 100: Jason Taylor, NFL player gives back to underserved youth in South Florida

By Keosha Johnson

9:20 AM on 02/05/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Recently retired Miami Dolphins linebacker Jason Taylor is giving back to the community that supported him during his football career...

TheGrio's 100: Cam Newton, NFL rookie and Heisman Trophy winner breaks records

By Keosha Johnson

11:11 PM on 02/04/2012

theGRIOs 100 - Cam Newton is making history in football. He is the third player ever to win the Heisman Trophy and be the first overall pick in the NFL draft within the same year...

TheGrio's 100: Bryan 'Birdman' Williams, Rapper-turned-business-mogul

By Keosha Johnson

1:32 PM on 02/03/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Bryan 'Birdman' Williams is a bona-fide business mogul. While mostly known as a co-founder of Cash Money Records, his empire includes fashion...

TheGrio's 100: LaNiyah Bailey, taking a stand with a children's book about bullying

By Keosha Johnson

8:51 AM on 02/03/2012

theGRIO's 100 - There once was a little girl named Jessica, and her peers at school would make fun of her, saying she was overweight...

TheGrio's 100: Felecia Hatcher, Co-founder of gourmet ice cream truck line

By Keosha Johnson

2:03 PM on 02/02/2012

theGRIOs 100 - Apple Martini. Apple Pie. Almond Butter. These three things did not have a lot in common until Felecia Hatcher came along and created Feverish, an aptly named line of gourmet ice cream trucks...

TheGrio's 100: Katori Hall, rising star behind the curtains

By Keosha Johnson

1:11 PM on 02/02/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Katori Hall's recent play 'The Mountaintop' is a fictional civil rights-era piece set at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis the night before Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated...

TheGrio's 100: Melissa Harris-Perry, bringing race and politics to the forefront

By Keosha Johnson

3:35 PM on 02/01/2012

theGRIO's 100 - After guest-hosting for MSNBC's 'Rachel Maddow Show' and appearing on MSNBC and NBC for years, Melissa Harris-Perry is getting her own show on MSNBC...

TheGrio's 100: Kevin Olusola, 'celloboxer' extraordinaire

By Keosha Johnson

10:00 AM on 02/01/2012

theGRIO's 100 - You don't often hear the sounds of a cello and beatboxer at the same time, Kevin Olusola has become a YouTube sensation for his innovative method of blending the two together...

TheGrio's 100: Alvin Brown, first black mayor of Jacksonville wins in city's closest mayoral race

By Keosha Johnson

8:42 AM on 02/01/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Alvin Brown became the mayor of Jacksonville, Florida last July after winning by a mere 1,648 votes in the closest mayoral race in the city's history...

TheGrio's 100: Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, a trailblazer for women in politics and the military

By Keosha Johnson

3:06 PM on 01/31/2012

theGRIOs 100 - As Florida Gov. Rick Scott's second-in-command, Jennifer Carroll is the first African-American Republican woman on a statewide ticket...

TheGrio's 100: Ibtihaj Muhammad, young Muslim changes the face of fencing

By Keosha Johnson

2:00 PM on 01/31/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Ibtihaj Muhammad is an African American Muslim and a professional fencer, about the rarest combination to set foot in a fencing match...

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