From breaking racial and gender barriers to leading key civil rights cases, here are 11 Black female attorneys who made history with their groundbreaking careers.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris is poised to become the first Black female senator in almost 20 years—that is, if she gets through the next few grueling months on the campaign trail.

Black female attorneys have carried a heavy burden of attempting to hold former President Donald Trump accountable.

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In Massachusetts Andrea Campbell became the state’s first Black female Attorney General. And, in California, Malia Cohen became the first Black women elected as state Controller.

The attorney general goes on to acknowledge his sister-in-law, Vivian Malone Jones, who was one of the first Black students to attend the University of Alabama in 1963.

The new Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell was sworn in on Wednesday. Campbell is the first Black woman to serve as the attorney general in the state's history.

Trump’s ugly use of race is all too familiar to another Black female prosecutor. New York Attorney General Letitia James has led a probe into Donald Trump’s business practices.

Attorney General-Elect Anthony Brown C ongressman and former lieutenant governor Anthony Brown approached the stage with his wife and 95-year-old mother.

Andrea Campbell was elected as the state of Massachusetts’ first Black female attorney general and the first Black woman ever elected to statewide office.

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