From Broadway beginnings as a tween to a lasting legacy, Glynn Turman’s six decade journey as an actor leads to the Hollywood ...

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Thursday honoring actor Glynn Turman for a movie career that has ...

The Newark Black Film Festival returns on July 16 with four days of screenings, including a 50th anniversary screening of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

*Common has signed on to produce and star in MGM’s remake of “Cooley High” with DeVon Franklin also serving as a producer on the coming of age film. The original, released in 1975 by ...