TheGrio's 100
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TheGrio's 100: Mary Spio, reaching beyond the stars
8:00 AM on 03/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - As a rocket scientist, Spio gained notoriety when she joined Boeing as the Head of Satellite Communications Systems at just age 26...
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TheGrio's 100: Tim King, prepping the next generation
5:00 AM on 03/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Tim King was, in his words, the "stereotypical bourgie black kid"...
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TheGrio's 100: Kamala Harris, the future of California politics
5:00 AM on 03/08/2010
TheGrio's 100 - San Francisco voters elected Kamala Harris to be the city's first female District Attorney...
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TheGrio's 100: Mo'Nique, a comedienne with serious talent
6:50 AM on 03/07/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Mo'Nique made a career for herself as a brash but smart comedienne, breaking down barriers...
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TheGrio's 100: Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph, battling breast cancer and more
1:00 PM on 02/26/2010
TheGrio's 100 - For Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph, going into breast cancer research offered the double benefit...
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TheGrio's 100: Dr. Regina Benjamin, small-town doc now Surgeon General
5:05 AM on 02/25/2010
TheGrio's 100 - As U.S. Surgeon General, Benjamin has said she will work to make sure "no one falls through the cracks" in America's health care system...
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TheGrio's 100: Clarence Otis Jr, serving 400 million meals a year
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: Dr. Otis Brawley, straight talk on prostate cancer
5:00 AM on 02/23/2010
TheGrio's 100 - While Dr. Brawley said he has received his share of controversy for his views on cancer screenings, there are many who applaud his achievements...
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TheGrio's 100: Tracy Reese, designer for the first lady and the American woman
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: Artur Davis, looking to be the new face of Dixie politics
5:00 AM on 02/18/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Can an African-American become the next Governor of Alabama? Once unthinkable in a state infamous for its history of segregation, U.S. Representative Artur Davis wants to break through in 2010...
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TheGrio's 100: Shani Davis, a speed skater on the fast track to Olympic gold
8:50 AM on 02/17/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Shani Davis stands at ease in his own skates. Perhaps it's that comfort level that begins to explain just how he's become so adept at skating in lanes...
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TheGrio's 100: Malcolm Gladwell, author and pop-sociologist
5:00 AM on 02/10/2010
TheGrio's 100 - How the man with a funny Afro came to be one of the country's most sought-after intellectuals...
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TheGrio's 100: Eric Holder, law enforcer in-chief
5:00 AM on 02/10/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Holder made history as the first African-American to become the nation's chief law enforcement officer...
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TheGrio's 100: Robert Bullard, Father of environmental justice inspires next generation
5:00 AM on 02/10/2010
TheGrio's 100 - For three decades Robert Bullard's been publishing reports and books that have spelled out precisely where environmental dangers lay...
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TheGrio's 100: James Stewart, the current king of motocross
5:00 AM on 02/10/2010
TheGrio's 100 - To marvel at James "Bubba" Stewart in action is to behold a man totally in his element. As the first African-American to ascend to superstar status in his sport...
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TheGrio's 100: Charles F. Bolden, Administrator of NASA, astronaut
5:00 AM on 02/10/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Charles Bolden is the first African-American head of NASA...
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TheGrio's 100: Will.i.am, musician and political force
10:00 AM on 02/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - The co-founder and frontman of the Grammy-winning Black Eyed Peas, raised in Los Angeles in a family with a largely absent father...
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TheGrio's 100: Deval Patrick, groundbreaking governor of Massachusetts
5:00 AM on 02/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Patrick, 53, was elected Massachusetts' first African-American governor in November 2006...
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TheGrio's 100: Joshua Dubois, Obama's Pastor-In-Chief
5:00 AM on 02/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Don't be fooled by DuBois' age, describing him as very capable and a gifted relationship-builder in religious circles...
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TheGrio's 100: Lynn Nottage, a warrior writer
5:00 AM on 02/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Lynn Nottage calls herself a warrior writer. The New York playwright inspires with honest portrayals of strong "warrior women,"...
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