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

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...

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TheGrio's 100: Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks, founders of Black Girls Run!

By Keosha Johnson

2:50 AM on 01/31/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks are the founders of Black Girls Run!, a website that provides tips and resources for black female runners of all levels...

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TheGrio's 100: Dr. Sandra Tucker, nursing school dean places priority on educating underserved communities

By Keosha Johnson

2:47 AM on 01/31/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Dr. Sandra Tucker has been praised for her work as dean of the school of nursing at Southern University at Shreveport in Louisiana...

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TheGrio's 100: Bryant Terry, Chef fighting for healthy food distribution

By Keosha Johnson

2:34 AM on 01/31/2012

theGRIOs 100 - Bryant Terry is not just a chef. He's a self-described food activist who's fighting for more healthy food options for people in urban communities that lack stores that sell affordable fruits and vegetables.

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TheGrio's 100: Afam Onyema, building a world-class hospital in Nigeria

By Keosha Johnson

2:15 AM on 01/31/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Afam Onyema turned down jobs from prestigious law firms with starting salaries of $160,000 to help realize his father's dream of opening a hospital in Nigeria...

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TheGrio's 100: Maimah Karmo, Breast cancer survivor brings awareness and inspiration to young women

By Michelle Brown

1:59 AM on 01/31/2012

theGRIOs 100 - Although Maimah Karmo was diagnosed with breast cancer six years ago, she is now an inspirational and outspoken breast cancer survivor and creator of the Tigerlily Foundation.

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TheGrio's 100: Chazz Darby, 10-year-old chef promoting healthy eating

By Keosha Johnson

12:56 AM on 01/31/2012

theGRIO's 100 - While many of his peers are stuffing their faces with junk food, 10-year-old Chazz Darby is in the kitchen with his mother creating recipes infused with fruits and vegetables...

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TheGrio's 100: The Holistic Life Foundation founders, bringing yoga to the inner city

By Keosha Johnson

12:54 AM on 01/31/2012

theGRIOs 100 - The idea for the Holistic Life Foundation started with a class of 15 students...

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TheGrio's 100: C.J. Senter, 10-year-old fitness instructor

By Keosha Johnson

11:09 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIOs 100 - C.J. Senter has six-pack abs, loves to exercise and has his own brand under which he produces a line of fitness DVDs. This sounds like your typical fitness instructor, except for one thing: Senter is only 10 years old.

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TheGrio's 100: Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, Dean of Morehouse College

By Keosha Johnson

6:59 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIO's 100 - founder of the Center for Women's Health Research at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, devoted to studying diseases that are most prevalent in women of color...

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Wanda Sykes: I had a double mastectomy

By theGrio

9:52 AM on 09/23/2011

Wanda Sykes being outrageous - that's expected. But for the actress-comedian to be serious? That's rare. Even when the issue is personal....

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NC works on compensation for sterilization victims

By theGrio

5:18 PM on 08/01/2011

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina is one of about a half dozen states to apologize for past eugenics programs, but it is alone in trying to put together a plan to compensate victims...

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TheGrio's 100: Michelle Obama, first lady leads fight against obesity

By theGrio

8:00 AM on 02/09/2011

The Grio's 100 - Michelle Obama is throwing her weight behind her landmark Let's Move initiative, and is propelling our country towards a healthier future...

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TheGrio's 100: Hydeia Broadbent, putting a face on the future of AIDS

By theGrio

8:04 AM on 02/07/2011

TheGrio's 100 - "I am the future and I have AIDS." These words, spoken by a 12-year-old Broadbent at the 1996 GOP convention, propelled changing perceptions of the disease...

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TheGrio's 100: Linda Fondren, moving Mississippi to get healthy

By theGrio

1:45 PM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - After obesity factored in her sister's death, Linda Fondren made it her mission to get Mississippi, the country's most overweight state, into shape...

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TheGrio's 100: Velma Scantlebury, transplant surgeon seeks more minority donors

By theGrio

12:52 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - As America's first female African-American transplant surgeon, Velma Scantlebury wants to see more people of color in the operating room -- be it holding a scalpel, or on the table...

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TheGrio's 100: Nia Froome, teenager makes dough off vegan desserts

By theGrio

12:50 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - This high school senior from Long Island, New York was motivated by her mom's battle with breast cancer to make vegan food more accessible -- and delicious...

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TheGrio's 100: Lisa Newman, fighting breast cancer on two continents

By theGrio

12:46 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - Lisa Newman's 16-hour journey to Ghana from her Michigan hospital is only a step in the surgeon's mission to understand the nature of difficult-to-treat triple negative breast cancer...

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TheGrio's 100: Eugene Sawyer, bringing health care to Detroit's uninsured

By theGrio

12:42 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - Eugene Sawyer and Second Grace United Methodist Church have given impoverished Detroit dwellers a second chance at health...

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TheGrio's 100: Carnell Cooper, treating victims of violence outside the ER

By theGrio

12:41 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - Dr. Cooper maintains a 60-hour work week, personally mentors two VIP clients, attends court hearings and even visits patients in jail...

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