Let's hear it for Fani Willis [View all]
A few notes about Fulton County GA District Attorney Fani Willis.
Born in Inglewood, California.
Her father was a former member of the Black Panthers, later became a criminal defense attorney.
When Willis was in the first grade, her family moved to Washington, D.C. Her parents divorced, and her mother eventually moved back to California.
Willis mostly stayed with her father.
Willis studied political science at Howard University, graduating cum laude in 1993, then moved to Atlanta where she earned her JD from Emory University School of Law (1996).
She served 16 years as a prosecutor in the office she now heads.
At Howard, she was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority whose members include VP Kamala Harris, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rev Dr. Bernice King, Phylicia Rashad, Roxie Roker, Wanda Sykes, Althea Gibson, Toni Morrison.
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