Michael Jackson, Childhood and Adolescence
THE EARLY YEARS OF MICHAEL JACKSON AND JACKSON 5 (1958-1975) Michael Jackson Teenager, Michael Jackson with child actor Jimmy Safechuck and Fans at the Kahala, Hilton Hotel, 1988 Fuente: Wikimedia Commons M ichael Jackson, the eighth son of a family of 8 children Michael Jackson, was born on August 29, 1958, the eighth of ten children in a working-class African American family in Gary, Indiana , an industrial suburb of Chicago. His mother, Katherine Esther Scruse , was an ardent devotee of Jehovah's Witnesses , and his father, Walter Joseph "Joe" Jackson, was a factory worker steel is performed with a band of R & B ( Rhythm and Blues ) called the Falcons. Michael Jackson, had three sisters Rebbie, La Toya and Janet Jackson, and five brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy Jackson. A sixth brother, Michael Jackson, named Brandon, died shortly after birth. The Difficult relationship bet...
