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Remembering the first black man behind a billion-dollar business

8:22 AM on 12/13/2010

theGRIO REPORT - Reginald L. Lewis died of brain cancer at age 50 in 1993. But his philosophy continues to be followed by entrepreneurs and black youth...

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TheGrio's 100: Clarence Otis Jr, serving 400 million meals a year

By Bonnie Davis

5:02 AM on 02/25/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Clarence Otis Jr., the chairman and CEO of Darden Restaurants, which owns the popular family-style chains, explains the company's recipe for success...

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TheGrio's 100: Tracy Reese, designer for the first lady and the American woman

By theGrio

8:04 AM on 02/22/2010

TheGrio's 100 - One look at Tracy Reese's spring 2010 collection proves why the designer's style,continues to turn heads on and off the runway...

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TheGrio's 100: Ephren Taylor, the face of young, black entrepreneurship

By Bonnie Davis

5:00 AM on 02/07/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Taylor is an author, inspirational speaker, and real estate expert; a whiz kid who made some of his first money building video games...

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TheGrio's 100: Oprah Winfrey, media queen expanding her empire

By Bonnie Davis

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - It has been Winfrey's sharp business acumen and full understanding of her industry that led to her billionaire status...

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TheGrio's 100: Janice Bryant Howroyd, entrepreneur starts small, makes it big, passes it on

By Bonnie Davis

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Janice Bryant Howroyd makes evident her enthusiasm for work, people and life...

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TheGrio's 100: Ursula Burns, Xerox CEO, an example to be copied

By Bonnie Davis

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Burns joined Xerox in 1980 as a mechanical engineering summer intern and worked her way to CEO...

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TheGrio's 100: Ralph Gilles, a creative drive for cars

By Bonnie Davis

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - An avid car enthusiast who enjoys spending time at the drawing board and on the track...

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TheGrio's 100: Jamail Larkins, going to new heights for students

By Bonnie Davis

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Six years ago most people had never heard of Jamail Larkins, one of the youngest Americans to fly solo. Not for long...

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TheGrio's 100: Jay Z, the blueprint for urban success

By Bonnie Davis

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - It's been years since Shawn Carter, or Jay-Z, stepped out Brooklyn's Marcy housing projects into a glitzy world of celebrities...

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TheGrio's 100: Carla Harris, Wall Street power player never settles for 'no'

By Bonnie Davis

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Carla Harris describes herself as being "negatively motivated," which means she rarely settles for "no"...

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Sly Stone sues former manager over royalties for $50 million

By theGrio

2:23 PM on 01/29/2010

Stone is suing the Family Stone's former manager for $50 million, claiming that manager Jerry Goldstein bilked 20 years worth of royalties from the band in order to fund his own lavish lifestyle...

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Percy Sutton, attorney, politician and media mogul, dies at 89

By theGrio

8:13 AM on 12/27/2009

VIDEO - Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broke...

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The 'Oprah Effect' felt across the World

By theGrio

11:48 AM on 11/24/2009

LONDON (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey's announcement last week that she will end her daytime TV program after its 25th season in 2011 made headlines from London to Johannesburg...

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Basketball superstar Julius 'Dr. J' Erving

By theGrio

3:41 PM on 02/02/2009

In an interview, Julius Erving discusses his motivation for his continued success. "Well I think right now I'm a young man in terms of my perspective about life. At 34 years of age, you know, you can't think about just stopping at that age, it's a very tender age. Most...

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Economic woes of the new South

By theGrio

3:34 PM on 02/02/2009

After the Civil War, a group of influential Southerners promised that a "New South" would rise, complete with new industries, factories and railroad lines. Northern entrepreneurs began to pour money into Southern industry. Railroad companies laid more than 22,000 miles of new track, connecting the region to national markets. Iron...

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Historic Missouri town founded by freed slaves, bankrupt

By theGrio

3:18 PM on 02/02/2009

When the Civil War was over, Joe Davis who's brother Jefferson was President of the defeated Confederacy, had to set his slaves free along with everyone else. Two slaves took freedom to mean they could do anything white people could do, they started their own town in the Delta County...

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