CASES HEADED TO THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT.
NEW HOPES IN THE KING OF POP'S
HOMETOWN FOR A REVIVAL OF WHAT
WAS ONCE A THRIVING COMMUNITY.
ATRS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU
VISITED WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE
JACKSON 5 IN AN EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW AT THEIR CHILDHOOD
HOME.
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>> THE CELEBRATION WAS IN FULL
FORCE AT 2300 JACKSON STREET IN
GARY, INDIANA, AS THE CITY
MARKED THE HOME OF THE JACKSON 5
WITH OFFICIAL HIGHWAY SIGNAGE.
>> THEY KNOW GARY ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
LET'S PUT IT ON THE MAP THE WAY
WE SHOULD.
>> ONE WOMAN DROVE FROM AS FAR
AS PHILADELPHIA TO SEE JACKSON 5
MEMBERS MARLON AND TITO IN
PERSON AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR
IMPACT ON MUSIC.
>> I CAN'T THANK Y'ALL ENOUGH.
>> THE SIGN WILL STAND NEAR A
NEW HARD ROCK CASINO, A RECENT
ADDITION TO NORTHERN INDIANA.
NOW IT'S HOPED WITH THE NEW
SIGNAGE IN FRONT OF THE JACKSON
FAMILY HOME IN ADDITION TO THE
CASINO COMING TO GARY, THAT THE
CITY WILL SEE AN ECONOMIC
RECOVERY AND GET BACK ON THEIR
FEET.
>> MANY YEARS BACK GARY WAS A
THRIVING CITY.
THE COMMUNITIES AND THE PEOPLE
GO TO THE CASINO, THEIR ECONOMIC
STABILITY WILL CHANGE AND THE
CITY WITH THE DOLLARS BEING
SPENT AND USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR
THE TAXES TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
IT'S TIME TO BRING THIS DIAMOND
IN THE ROUGH BACK.
>> GARY IS A GREAT PLACE AND
EVERYTHING THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED
IN OUR PAST, RIGHT HERE, AT 2300
JACKSON STREET CAME THROUGH HARD
EFFORT AND WORK HERE AT THIS
HOUSE.
>> WE'RE BACK AT YOUR CHIDE HOOD
HOME WHAT MEMORIES IS THIS
BRINGING BACK FOR Y'ALL?
>> I REMEMBER THE LAYOUT OF THE
AREA THE HOUSES ARE STILL HERE.
THE NOSEY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE
STREET THAT USED TO TELL ON US
ALL THE TIME.
>> THE STREET AND IT WAS THE
GRAVEL AND WE WOULD PLAY AND
THINK OF ALL WERE CONCEIVED IN
THIS LITTLE HOUSE.
>> HOW HAS COVID BEEN FOR YOU
ALL?
>> TITO HAS A BLUES ALBUM.
>> DURING THE PANDEMIC I PUT
TOGETHER A BLUES ALBUM AND I
HAVE GREAT BLUES MUSIC
COLLABORATIONS I DID SOME WITH
GEORGE BEB SON AND I DID SAY
SONG WITH STEVIE WONDER.
>> THE HIGHWAY SIGNAGE IS ONE OF
MANY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FAMILY IS
WORKING ON TO HONOR THEIR
CHILDHOOD HOME.
>> WORKING ON MAKING IT AN
HISTORICAL SITE PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE GLOBE WHEN THEY COME TO
GARY, THEY WANT TO SEE THE HOME
THAT THE JACKSON 5 STARTED AND
MAKES US FEEL GOOD BECAUSE IT
LETS YOU UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE
THE BLESSING THAT THE LORD
BESTOWED ON THIS FAMILY AND WHAT
WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT
BLESSING.
WE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
IN HARMONY AND PEACE ALL OVER
THE GLOBE.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M
ANGEL IDOWU.
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AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNAGE ON
94 IN GARY INDIANA NEXT TO THE