Jackson’s new state-appointed court system is up and running. Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael K. Randolph ...

At the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 11, Christopher Simpson will be sworn in as the next Chief of the Jackson Police ...

Adventure Crossing, the long-promised sports and entertainment complex, has been in flux since ground broke in Jackson in ...

Cooper was more than a screenwriter. He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New ...

Influential screenwriter and music journalist Barry Michael Cooper died last month at age 66, and there’s no better way to ...

After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...

There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem, New York, ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the writer and director was behind the films New Jack City, Above the Rim and Sugar Hill, died Wednesday at 66.

Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter-turned-screenwriter known for the films “New Jack City,” “Above the Rim” and ...

The screenwriter behind the classic films “New Jack City,” "Sugar Hill," and "Above the Rim" died this week in Baltimore.

Barry Michael Cooper, the writer and producer behind the classics New Jack City, Sugar Hill, and Above the Rim has died at ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the journalist who coined the term "New Jack Swing" to describe the music Teddy Riley was making during the '80s and wrote the screenplays for influential movies like New Jack ...