6) JULIA BAKER
Show: "Julia"
Actor: Diahann Caroll
Year(s): 1968-1971
She was a hard-working single mom who made her own decisions. Julia Baker was fierce and phenomenal in a time when minority women had no voice. What's more... "Julia" marked the first time a woman of color carried a series... and there wouldn't be another one until 2012's "Scandal" (starring Kerry Washington), more than 40 years later.
