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   Edwin Gilbert Cooley Vocational High School (also known as Cooley Vocational High School and Upper Grade Center, commonly known as Cooley High) was a public 4–year vocational high school and middle school located in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

   • Closed: June 1979
   • Status: Demolished

   • Opened: September 1958
   • School district: Chicago Public Schools

2. www.chicagomag.com › arts-culture › so-hard-to-saySo Hard to Say Goodbye: The Oral History of Cooley High

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   Made amid the blaxploitation era, with its panoply of glamorized criminals, Cooley High was an outlier: a joyful, tender portrayal of Black youth propelled by a slew of Motown hits. Into the...

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3. illinoishighschoolglorydays.com › 2022/03/01Chicago Cooley Vocational H.S. “Comets” – Illinois High ...

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   Jun 29, 2023 · Chicago Cooley Vocational H.S. “Comets”. Posted on March 1, 2022 by davenanninga in Uncategorized. Cooley High School Entrance – 1977. Photo taken by Sylvester Island, Jr. The History of Chicago Cooley High School. Chicago (population: 2.8 million) is located along the shores of Lake Michigan in far northeastern Illinois.

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   Where is Edwin Gilbert Cooley High School?

   • Main entrance, c. 1977. / 41.9053; -87.6381 Edwin Gilbert Cooley Vocational High School (also known as Cooley Vocational High School and Upper Grade Center, commonly known as Cooley High) was a public 4–year vocational high school and middle school located in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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   When was Cooley High School built?

   • Opened primarily to serve Cabrini-Green in 1958, Cooley was housed in a high school building constructed in 1907. It was a part of the Chicago Public Schools district and served grades 7 through 12. Cooley was named in honor of Edwin Gilbert Cooley (1857–1923), who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools from 1900 until 1909.

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   Where did 'Cooley High' come from?

   • “I grew up in Chicago, where ‘Cooley High’ was considered Black national cinema,” said Stewart, who’s also chief artistic and programming officer of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. “If you were from Chicago, you knew this film.”

   ‘Cooley High’ stars look back at ‘glorious experience’ of making an

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   Was Cooley vocational high school based on a true story?

   • Eric Monte wrote the film based on his time at the real Cooley Vocational High School. Although he suffered several strokes in recent years, he remembers it well. ERIC MONTE: We had fun - fun, fun fun. Even poor, we had fun, fun, fun.

   Classic Of Black Cinema, 'Cooley High,' Celebrates 40th Anniversary

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5. www.npr.org › sections › codeswitch40 Years Later, The Cast Of 'Cooley High' Looks Back

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   Derek John. 4-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. Rick Stone (left) was a gang member from Cabrini-Green who was asked to play himself in Cooley High. AIP/The Kobal Collection. A...

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   Apr 24, 2022 · The film’s namesake was Edwin G. Cooley Vocational High School, at Sedgwick and Division streets, alongside the Cabrini-Green public-housing complex. Operating from 1958 to 1979, Cooley High replaced Washburne Trade, which in turn succeeded the original Lane Tech, before it was relocated to its current home in Lakeview.

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   Jun 25, 2015 · DAVID GREENE, HOST: "Cooley High" was celebrated for capturing everyday urban life. It was set in Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing project. And in a way, you could see "Cooley High" as...

8. chicagoreader.com › blogs › how-cooley-high-and-goodHow Cooley High and Good Times shone a ... - Chicago Reader

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   Jun 14, 2016 · The film, directed by Michael Schultz and written by Eric Monte, depicts the lives of the students at Edwin G. Cooley Vocational High School and Upper Grade Center—the real Cooley High. And,...