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TheGrio's 100: Alie Kabba, bridging African immigrant communities together

By Keosha Johnson

7:55 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Alie Kabba is the executive director of the United African Organization, a Chicago-based group comprised of multiple African national associations dedicated to empowering African immigrants and refugees in Illinois...
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Judge Greg Mathis pays it forward by helping prisoners

By Mara Schiavocampo

1:02 PM on 04/13/2010

VIDEO - Judge Greg Mathis discusses his new activist program to help youth offenders and prison inmates build careers and take control of their lives...
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'Sherpa' helps first-gen college students climb to the top

By Mandisa Washington

1:53 PM on 04/06/2010

VIDEO - Only 11 percent of students in the first generation of their families to graduate college successfully complete school, but the Univ. of Cincinnati is working to break the cycle...
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GWU students deliver community service knockout

By theGrio

9:05 AM on 04/05/2010

From The Washington Post - VIDEO - Bucking the trend of the "Me Generation", George Washington Univ. students and staff volunteer in needy communities in D.C. and beyond...
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African-American ladies who have led the way

By Mandisa Washington

8:16 AM on 03/29/2010

SLIDESHOW - From caregivers and laborers to CEOs and scientists, black women have held pivotal leadership roles in building America at every level...
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New moms in Chicago get an extra helping of joy

By theGrio

4:05 PM on 03/08/2010

VIDEO - Nearly four thousand babies are born at Chicago's Mt. Sinai Hospital each year. To each mother, any gift, even a simple baby gift, makes a difference...
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TheGrio's 100: Joshua Dubois, Obama's Pastor-In-Chief

By Ethyln Harris

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: Craig Watkins, a Texas DA using DNA for justice

By Ethyln Harris

5:00 AM on 02/08/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins became the first black district attorney in Texas. He didn't realize he was making state history...
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TheGrio's 100: Wyclef Jean, musician, Haitian native son and activist

By Ronda Racha Penrice

5:00 AM on 02/06/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Long before the Haiti earthquake, Wyclef Jean was lifting his native land up...
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TheGrio's 100: Cory Booker, Brick City mayor with a bright future

By Ethyln Harris

9:18 AM on 02/05/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Cory Booker took office as mayor of Newark, N.J., in 2006...
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TheGrio's 100: Majora Carter, a green powerbroker

By Ethyln Harris

10:00 AM on 02/04/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Majora Carter, 43, has been described as a green power broker and a visionary in environmentally sound urban renewal...
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TheGrio's 100: Richard R. Buery Jr, working for the children

By theGrio

8:00 AM on 02/03/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Richard Buery Jr. is the president and CEO of the Children's Aid Society...
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The sit-ins that changed America

By theGrio

12:06 PM on 02/02/2010

From The LA Times: Of the big events of the early civil rights movement, the sit-ins have always been the least understood and, yet, the most important for today's young activists...
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TheGrio Reflects: The life of Marcus Garvey

By theGrio

7:34 AM on 02/01/2010

VIDEO - Marcus Garvey was born into the racial inequities of the colonial system of Jamaica. He decided to fight for change when he read...
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TheGrio's 100: Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, sex educator for life

By Ethyln Harris

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - I think in general, in the black community, we don't necessarily talk about sex...
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TheGrio's 100: Rabbi Alysa Stanton, the new face of Judaism

By Ethyln Harris

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Alysa Stanton is the first black woman to become a rabbi in any mainstream Jewish denomination...
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TheGrio's 100: Shawna Kimbrell, first black female fighter pilot

By Ethyln Harris

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first female African-American fighter pilot...
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TheGrio's 100: Kari Fulton, to be young, green, and black

By Talia Whyte

4:59 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Did you know that it's cool to be black and green? Kari Fulton has been leading the charge...
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theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till

By theGrio

12:10 PM on 12/20/2009

VIDEO - In light of the discovery of raided graves at the cemetery where he was buried, theGrio looks back at the life of lynching victim Emmett Till...
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Museum to commemorate 'Little Rock Nine'

By theGrio

2:24 PM on 11/23/2009

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, nine black students gathered to prepare for the angry mob they faced...
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