article_snippet: Henson revealed The Empire star had planned to transfer Marcel to USC, but had now decided to send the 20-year-old to the historically black Howard University, The Empire star alma mater.
article_snippet: Henson has revealed she has now decided to send Marcel to historically-black college . '
article_snippet: Marcel is Henson's only child, and Marcel father was her high school sweetheart.
article_snippet: New hit: Henson currently stars on Henson drama Empire as Cookie Lyon, the recently-released-from-prison ex-wife of a music mogul (played by Terrence Howard)
article_snippet: Also in the interview, Henson spoke about how happy her was to be one of now many black women leads on the small screen in shows like Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder. '
article_snippet: : Henson and her son pictured on January 20, 2013 - attending a celebration for leading women in Washington, DC .
article_snippet: Henson plays Cookie Lyon on the show, the ex-wife of a rap music mogul (played by Terrence Howard) who was recently released from prison after taking the fall for Henson drug-dealing business.