Taraji P. Henson Research Paper

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Taraji P. Henson was born in Washington D.C. to Boris Henson and Bernice Gordon. When she was 2 her parents got a divorce. She describes her parents as both loving and attentive. Her father Boris was her main source of moral support during her childhood. As a teenager, she applied to a preforming arts school but didn’t get accepted so she went to Oxon Hill High School in Maryland. In her junior year at Howard University she found out she was pregnant, she was determined to keep her baby and not miss a beat when it came to preforming. After she had Marcell, her son she kept her attendance and performances up with Marcell alongside. She achieve her goal in 1995 when she graduated with her degree in theater. The next year she moved to Los