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Cookie Lyon

CTL-W-1129 · Work

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Combined Graph record U-02237 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1129. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Ex-con matriarch fighting for her company

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Ex-con matriarch fighting for her company

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Cookie Lyon is a character in Empire (Fox), performed by Taraji P. Henson; series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong. Sources: Showbiz Junkies series page (wave-7) https://www.showbizjunkies.com/tv/empire/amp/ ; Fox official upfronts asset (fetched in full 2026-10-17) http://assets.fox.com/shows/upfronts/assets/Empire.pdf — 'Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon'.

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Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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