Books

Jackson, Katherine, and Wiseman, Richard. My Family, The Jacksons. St. Martin’s Press, 1990.

Jackson, Michael. Moonwalk: A Memoir. Harmony Books, 1988.

Knopper, Steve. MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson. Scribner, 2015.

Taraborrelli, J. Randy. Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story, 1958-2009. Birch Lane Press, 1991. Reprint: Grand Central Publishing, 2009.  

Documentaries

“Gary, Indiana: A Tale of Two Cities,” Vanderbilt University, Dec. 14, 2018

Articles

“Programming Aids,” Billboard, May 4, 1968

“Soul City Top Ten,” Milwaukee Star, May 18, 1968

“Jacksons Conclude Five Month Tour,” Associated Press, Dec. 10, 1984

“Jackson Family Keeps Tight Rein on Miniseries,” South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Jul. 16, 1992

“Ratings: ABC on a Roll,” Daily News, Nov. 18, 1992

“TV Ratings: A Four-Bagger in His Last At-Bat,” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 25, 1992

“Jackson Family Reunion Set for January Broadcast,” Baltimore Sun, Jul. 23, 1993

“Michael Jackson Heals the Kids,” Rolling Stone, Feb. 15, 2001

“Jackson Cries at Oxford,” NME, Mar. 6, 2001

“Michael Jackson Gives Emotional Speech in Oxford,” Billboard, Mar. 7, 2001

“Indiana Steel Mill Photographs, 1920-1940,” Indiana Historical Society, Jun 30, 2005

“A Brief History of Motown,” Time, Jan. 12, 2009

“Michael Jackson’s Family Tree: Janet, Rebbie, Marlon And More,” MTV, Jun. 26, 2009

“The Jackson Find,” Chicago Reader, Sept. 10, 2009

“Katherine Jackson: 'That's the Way Black People Raised Their Children,'” ABC News, Nov. 9, 2010

“Now Playing: The Jackson Find,” Chicago Reader, Dec. 23, 2010

“Joe Jackson on Physically Disciplining his Kids: I’m Glad I Was Tough,” CNN, Jan. 31, 2013

“Michael Jackson’s Mom Remembers her ‘Sweet Little Boy,’” CNN, Aug. 2013

“Gary, Indiana’s Fabulous Footnote,” Belt Magazine, Jan. 19, 2014

“A Look Back at Joe Jackson’s Complicated Relationship with His Children,” CBS News, Jun. 28, 2018

“How Joe Jackson Made—and Broke—Michael Jackson,” Daily Beast, Jun. 28, 2018

“Michael Jackson Cast a Spell. ‘Leaving Neverland’ Breaks it,” New York Times, Feb. 28, 2019

“Steeltown Records Founder Who Discovered Michael Jackson and Jackson 5 Dead at 81,” Northwest Times of Indiana, Nov. 18, 2020

“NWI Population Steady Over Past Decade; Gary's Plummets 14%, Census Finds,” Times of Northwest Indiana, Aug. 12, 2021

“The Great Migration (1910-1970),” National Archives, June 28, 2021

“Inside the Chitlin’ Circuit, a Jim Crow-Era Safe Space for Black Performers,” Atlas Obscura, Jun. 28, 2022