Gary, Indiana, in a working class family in the
steel mill Joe Jackson and a Department store saleswoman Katherine Jackson was born a boy and named him Michael. At the time of the birth of Michael in the Jackson family there were seven children.The approach to the education of the children of Joseph, a supporter of strict discipline was harsh: he was humiliating their children, both mentally and physically.
Mom forced sons to Bible study and drove them to the meetings of "Jehovah's Witnesses".