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Legacy of african-americans across the country. grio.com will unveil its list of black historymakers. a recent grio.com report says african-americans have made great progress in the last several deck kaades but not on fronts. >> reporter: there have been signs of positive change. black-owned businesses have increased more than 60%. in 1973, only about 33% of black high school graduates went on to college. in 2008, more than half went on to college. but huge disparities still exist. the national unemployment rate is nearly 9.5% compared to almost 16% for blacks. almost 11% of whites lack health...

Th thurgood marshall, fourth. the second most influential black american, president barack obama. and the most influential, dr. martin luther king jr. david wilson is managing editor and founder of the grio. i imagine when you put this question to people, this must result in spirited debates. tell us about the process. >> absolutely. and we're very grateful that we had melissa harris perry from princeton university, pretty much facilitate this list and survey. she pretty much surveyed america's top black scholars and thought leaders. so everyone from mark murial of the urban league, shirley sh...

Up to our users and saying, look, if you want to take the survey, you can go on and log on to the grio and that takes some of the heat off us. but, you know, it's going to create debate. >> it's a good conversation starter. good to have you here, david. for more on the top 25 most influential leaders of all-time, you can check out the grio.com. and as david says, have your say. el well, let's do our trivia. which member of congress sang at martin luther king jr.'s funeral while serving as student body president at moorehouse college. >> i bet you got it wrong. the answer is georgia congressma...

His long time companion told reporters he will stay for three days. julian assange says he now has documents from a former swiss banker that detail attempts by wealthy business leaders and lawmakers to avoid tax payments. assange says it could be several weeks before he releases those files. former peace corps director sergeant this shriver has been hospitalized in maryland. officials are not providing details on his condition. shriver was democrat george mcgovern's running mate in 1972. >> he has been battling illness for quite some time. this martin luther king day, the grio.com is loo...

Company decisions. it is his second medical leave in just two years. s. on the celebration of martin luther king jr.'s life, we're taking a look into the legacy the civil rights leader left behind for all of us. a new study examining neighborhoods with streets named after dr. king. more than 700 streets are named after king, 85% in the south. so are the communities living up to their namesake? jeff johnson joins me, msnbc and grio.com contributor. a fascinating topic that you've addressed here. >> thanks. 25 years after the official celebration of king's birth, i wanted to go to baltimore an...