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