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From Broadway beginnings as a tween to a lasting legacy, Glynn Turman’s six decade journey as an actor leads to the Hollywood ...
The Newark Black Film Festival returns on July 16 with four days of screenings, including a 50th anniversary screening of ...
A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Thursday honoring actor Glynn Turman for a movie career that has ...
Amid the blaxploitation craze, Cooley High showed a slice of urban life rarely seen on the big screen. It is a bittersweet coming-of-age story set in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project.
Originally starring Glynn Turman and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Cooley High is a complex tale of high school seniors trying to get out of the South Side of 1960s Chicago. Even with a budget of only ...
Rick Stone (left) was a gang member from Cabrini-Green who was asked to play himself in Cooley High. A classic of black cinema celebrated its 40th birthday on June 25. Cooley High showed a slice ...
Like Cooley High, the TV series Good Times shows black youth tackling inequality in schools, and shines a spotlight on racial disparities in Chicago. Good Times ...
Victor Orlando – Cooley High Reunion – B-day party *Famed percussionist Victor Orlando has an epic reunion in mind for his upcoming 71st birthday celebration this Sunday. The reunion in ...
Amid the blaxploitation craze, Cooley High showed a slice of urban life rarely seen on the big screen. It is a bittersweet coming-of-age story set in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project.
The group is proposing to purchase and transform Cooley High into a center for children and families to enjoy social, educational, athletic, and economic programs.