Star Jones
Starlet Marie Jones was born on March 24, 1962 in Badin, North Carolina. She lived there with her grandparents while her mom and dad finished college. Then at the age of six, Jones and her sister moved to Trenton, New Jersey, to live with their mom. After moving to New Jersey, Star started to shine in school. She always held the top grades throughout school and after graduating from a parochial school she enrolled in the American University in Washington, DC.
While at American, Star sang in the gospel choir and joined Alpha Kappa Alpha, a very prestigious African-American sorority. She was a popular student on campus and was given the nickname of "Star." It was at American that Jones was diagnosed with inoperable tumor and given nine months to live. She didn't want to believe the news so she went and had a second opinion. It was discovered that the tumor was indeed removable and it was removed.
She went on to graduate from the University of Houston's law school and then......
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