Rainbow Johnson’s parents decide to move from a hippie commune to the suburbs to better provide for...

For Rainbow and Alicia, fitting in at school and standing out at work are hard enough; but with the...

After a teacher tells Rainbow to make sure her hair is “neat” for picture day, she becomes self-cons...

When Rainbow is tasked with a school assignment that requires her to trace her roots, she learns tha...

It’s time for the Johnson kids’ first school dance, but before Bow can dance the night away, she’ll...

The popular girls at school ask Rainbow to join their group Halloween costume as Tootie from “The Fa...

The kids are excited to learn more about their grandad after Harrison invites the crew to family day...

Rainbow’s passion for science deflates when her peers convince her that science isn’t cool. During C...

Paul struggles when Rainbow and Santamonica want to participate in a beauty pageant. Meanwhile, Joha...

Alicia and Paul strive to maintain their “Winter Solstice” traditions from the commune, but their pa...

In the wake of the Challenger tragedy, Rainbow and her family handle their grief in different ways....

Rainbow wants to battle stereotypes at school after she joins the track team and feels like her frie...

It’s the first-ever nationally recognized Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Paul is speaking at the...

Paul is shocked to hear from his estranged mother who wants to visit for Rainbow’s 13th birthday and...

Rainbow is excited to go on her first real date with Bryce for Valentine’s Day, but when her friends...

Alicia gets a bonus after winning a big case and wants to buy a nice car, but having been raised on...

The Johnsons welcome an African American family that has just moved into their mostly white neighbor...

Rainbow clashes with her parents over her love for rap music. Plus, Harrison steps in to take Denise...

Rainbow’s friend Rebecca gets mono (“the kissing disease”), and after helping her out, she becomes i...

Alicia and Paul try to deflect Johan’s interest in going to cop camp and one day becoming a police o...

After learning that scientists predict the ozone layer will be depleted in 20 years, Rainbow panics...

The kids meet a homeless man in their neighborhood, and Paul and Alicia try to have an honest conver...

Alicia and Paul are both offered jobs to work on Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign, but Alicia’s...

After finding out Johan has been pretending to be a different race, Rainbow gets mad, and Alicia and...

Alicia and Denise bicker over who is the stronger Black woman, and Paul and Harrison come up with a...

Paul surprises the family by inviting one of his students to live with them, and Paul and Alicia com...

Bow takes an interest in going to church with her friends, much to her parents’ dismay. Meanwhile, S...

It’s not all fun and games when Paul wants to crash Denise and Alicia’s neighborhood Spades match, s...

Alicia and Denise realize they've been boxed into Black women stereotypes at the law firm, and Harri...

Paul and Alicia encourage sex-positive conversations with Bow until she invites her crush over to th...

Alicia's mom, Grandma Shireen, stays with the Johnson's after her surgery, but taking care of grandm...

Alicia treats herself to a new Louis Vuitton bag; but when Paul finds out, he demands that she retur...

Rainbow's best friend, Tamika, asks her to plan her 14th birthday party, so Bow goes out of her way...

After the Johnson family discovers Harrison on a date, Paul decides to give Harrison some dating adv...

Paul tries to become better friends with Denise so he uses his white privilege to help her out with...

Rainbow Johnson recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the '80s and the consta...