As a screenwriter, Mr. Cooper, who was raised in Harlem, was perhaps best known for the three films often called his Harlem Trilogy. The first, “New Jack City” (1991), about a ruthless uptown ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished his “Harlem trilogy” writing “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim ...

Car hauling company Jack Cooper will close its operation in Wayne just weeks after Ford Motor Co. terminated its long-standing contract with the trucking firm without offering a reason why.

There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem, New York, born-and-raised journalist turned screenwriter who penned “New Jack City,” ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer who penned the screenplay for New Jack City and reportedly coined the phrase “New Jack Swing,” has died. Barry Michael Cooper’s other works include writings ...

Find out why a major vehicle hauler is shutting down operations in Sheffield Village, impacting dozens of local jobs. With the loss of a long-term Ford Motor Co. contract, Jack Cooper Transport Co ...

Car hauling company Jack Cooper will close its operation in Wayne just weeks after Ford Motor Co. terminated its longstanding contract with the trucking firm without offering a reason why. In a Worker ...