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TheGrio's 100: Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine
8:39 AM on 02/22/2012
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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TheGrio's 100: Desiree Rogers, From White House to CEO of Johnson Publishing
9:57 AM on 02/21/2012
theGRIO'S 100 - Desiree Rogers was the White House social secretary during President Obama's first year and a half in office...
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TheGrio's 100: Melissa Harris-Perry, bringing race and politics to the forefront
8:35 AM on 02/19/2012
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...
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TheGrio's 100: Maya Rudolph, comedienne on big and small screen
8:00 AM on 02/18/2012
theGRIO's 100 - Actress and comedienne Maya Rudolph has been making us laugh for more than a decade...
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TheGrio's 100: Elisabeth Omilami, living her parent's legacy through feeding the hungry
1:54 PM on 02/17/2012
theGRIOs 100 - Elisabeth Omilami has dedicated her life helping others. After her father passed away, Omilami took over his foundation, Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless, and expanded its reach to help even more of those in need.
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TheGrio's 100: Sonya Arrington, works to end teen violence after son's murder
12:22 PM on 02/16/2012
theGRIO's 100 - Sonya Arrington started Mothers Against Teen Violence, a non-profit organization that raises awareness about teen violence, after her son was killed...
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TheGrio's 100: Marcia Anderson, first black woman to hold major general rank in the U.S. Army
9:50 AM on 02/16/2012
theGRIOs 100 - Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson is the first black woman to hold her rank in the history of the U.S. Army. Before this position, she was already the highest-ranking African American female in the military branch.
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TheGrio's 100: Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson, a 'voice for the voiceless'
9:48 AM on 02/15/2012
theGRIO's 100 - Rep. Frederica Wilson has made a great name for herself as she represents the 17th congressional district of Florida...
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TheGrio's 100: Mara Brock Akil, creator of 'Girlfriends' and 'The Game' keeping black TV alive
9:21 AM on 02/14/2012
theGRIO's 100 - What do 'Moesha,' 'The Jamie Foxx Show,' 'Girlfriends' and 'The Game' have in common (aside from making us laugh?) They all were written, produced or created by television writer and producer Mara Brock Akil...
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TheGrio's 100: Maimah Karmo, Breast cancer survivor brings awareness and inspiration to young women
12:30 PM on 02/13/2012
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: Cheryl Mills, leading the charge from the White House to the State Department
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...
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TheGrio's 100: Nicole Lyons, car builder, drag racer and one of few women of color in the industry
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...
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TheGrio's 100: Deanna Sutton, Founder of Clutch magazine
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...
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TheGrio's 100: Chandra Gill, using her life experience to empower today's youth
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...
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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: Felecia Hatcher, Co-founder of gourmet ice cream truck line
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...
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TheGrio's 100: Katori Hall, rising star behind the curtains
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...
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TheGrio's 100: Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, a trailblazer for women in politics and the military
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...
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TheGrio's 100: Ibtihaj Muhammad, young Muslim changes the face of fencing
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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TheGrio's 100: Traci Lester, striving to improve early literacy for low-income children
2:59 AM on 01/31/2012
theGRIO's 100 - Traci Lester is the executive director of Reach Out and Read's Greater New York branch, which works with pediatric offices to provide free books for children...
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