BIRTH OF A STAR
Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on August 29th 1958. This place is also home to the Jackson family. Popularity of the city of Gary, Indiana, an industrial suburb of Chicago can be compared as before and after Michael Jackson. It was a place known for its steel mills and other industries. The city was so named after the chairman of U.S. Steel, Elbert H.Gary. History says that sand in Gary and on its beaches was mined for the manufacture of glass. The 2000 U.S. census report states that Gary has the highest percentage of Afro-American residents among U.S. cities with a population of 100,000 or more. A particular study rates Gary as the second most liberal city in U.S. next only to Detroit.
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