About The City Where I'm From
A Brief Background About My City
In case you all are not familiar with the City of Gary, I will give you a brief background about it. First of all, it is located in Northwest Indiana. It is around the Chicagoland area due to being about twenty minutes away from the Windy City of Chicago, Illinois. It is also a fact that 85% plus of its 100,000 plus population is African American. For any other additional information about Gary, outside of the information in this paragraph and/or this entire section of my homepage, please click here or here.
G.I.'s Most Notables
BUSINESS
- John Raczka - Senior Vice President of Content for British Telecommunications Openworld in London, England
- Danita Johnson-Hughes - CEO/President of Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living
- Charlie Finley - Former Owner of the Major League Baseball Oakland Athletics
- Veronica Curry - The American Airlines station manager of ground operations at the Washington, D.C. airport
- Vivian Carter - Owner of the Former VeeJay Records and who also discovered the The Beatles
- Robert A. "Bob" McDonald - CEO, Board Chairman, and President of Procter & Gamble
- Artis Twyman - Senior Director of Communications for the NFL St. Louis Rams
- Vernon A. Williams - Vice President of Communications for the Indiana Black Expo
- Charmaine "Cake Diva" Jones - Owner of Cakediva.com
- Robert Kearns - Intermittent Windshield Wiper Inventor
- Chelsea Stallings - Former Corporate Communications Manager for Johnson Publishing Company
- Marrisa Kendrick - Jewelry Designer
- Ken Davis - Founder of Butta Slick Car Polisher
- Thomas Jennings - Freelance Production Payroll Accountant
- Eric Lamont Mayberry - Director of New Business Development for Philadelphia Newspapers, Incorporated
ENTERTAINMENT
- The Jackson Family(Michael, Janet, etc.) - Musical Superstars
- Bobby Samar - Actor, Dancer, and Producer
- Lenee Adkins - Model and Professional Dancer
- William L. Johnson, Jr. - Singer and Actor
- Billie Jean Jackson - Comedian
- Talicia Raggs - TV Episode Writer and Former "Amazing Race" Reality Star
- James McCracken - Musician
- Monica Dumas - Comedian
- Akilia Terry McCain - Opera Singer and VTech Toys Voiceover
- Tia Dantzler - Celebrity Make-Up Artist
- Gail Pettis - Grammy Award-Nominated Jazz Musician
- John Reed - BET.com Interactive Producer
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Triphena Johnson - Model
- The Powell Family(Jesse, Tamara, and Trina) - R & B Vocalists
- Allyson Carey - "Bold and Beautiful" Soap Opera Make Up Artist
- Tiffany Carter - Content Coordinator for Overbrook Entertainment
- Alonzo Russell - Actor
- Debbi (McKay) Diaz - Dancer
- Big Daddy and The Kinsey Report - A Blues Singing Group
- Troy "Tension" Charles - Rap Artist
- Freddie Gibbs - Rap Artist
- Jennia Watson - Actress
- Fred Williamson - Actor (also a Former NFL Player)
- Charles Murray - Film Director and Televison Writer
- David Jennings - Actor and Musician
- Donna Blakely-Jackson - 1995 Grammy Award Winning Gospel Singer
- Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman - Former TNA/WWE Wrestling Superstar and Miss Black USA
- Avery Brooks - Actor and Singer
- Deniece Williams - Singer
- Asia Dickens - Former Dancer with the NBA Chicago Bulls "Luvabulls" Dance Team
- Steven Finch - Actor
- Rebecca Crews - Reality Show Star from BET's "The Family Crews"
- Buddy Lewis - Comedian
- William Marshall - Actor
- Phelda Johnson - Singer and Actor
- Mike Epps - Actor
- Jennia Fredrique - Celebrity Interviewer/Entertainer
- Ernest Thomas - Actor
- Stephani "SPark." Parker - Singer
- Deon Taylor - CEO of Deon Taylor Enterprises
- Kimberly "Kym Mazelle" Grisby - Singer
- Ripples and The Waves - Former Singing Group
- Saints With A Vision - Gospel Group
- Monica Parker - Vocalist
- Karl Malden - Emmy and Academy Award Winning Actor
- Tommy Hicks - Actor
- The Spaniels - Male Singing Group
- Tony DeNiro - Entertainment Consultant and Music Producer (also a former NFL Player)
- Chester M. Gregory, II - A Multi-Talented Entertainer
- Bianca Taylor - Actress
- Melony Prentice - Model
- Tyrie Buchanan - Model/Actor
- Michael Joiner - Actor
- Princess Kellee Patterson NGA - Actress, Former Miss Gary, Indiana and Miss USA
LITERATURE
- Gwyn F. McGee - Novelist
- Craig Marberry - Author
- Robert Greer - A "Chester Himes Black Mystery Writer" Award-winning Author
- Wayne Young - Magazine Publisher
MILITARY
- Quentin Smith - A Former Tuskegee Airman
- Rixie McCarroll - A Former Tuskegee Airman
- John Bushemi - Former World War II Veteran and Well Known Military Photographer
- Frank Borman - Former NASA Astronaut and U.S. Air Force Serviceman
POLITICS
- Richard Gordon Hatcher - Gary's First Ever African American Mayor
- Karen Freeman-Wilson - Gary's First Ever Female Mayor
- Robert D. Rucker - First African American Appellate Judge in Indiana
- Katie Hall - Commissioner for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, and Indiana's First African American and Female Congresswoman
SPORTS
- Mark Atkins - Former Professional Basketball Player
- Winston Garland - Former NBA Player
- Ron Kittle - Former Major League Baseball Player
- Charles Atkins - Former Olympic Boxer
- Opal Courtney - Former Harlem Globetrotter
- Rusty Setzer - A 1988 University of Notre Dame Football NCAA National Championship Team Member
- George Taliaferro - Former NFL Player
- Lee Calhoun - Former Olympic Track and Field Standout
- Jerome Harmon - Former NBA Player
- Orsten Artis - A 1966 Texas Western University Men's Basketball NCAA National Championship Team Member
- Harry Flournoy - A 1966 Texas Western University Men's Basketball NCAA National Championship Team Member
- Tom Harmon - A 1940 Heisman Trophy Winning University of Michigan Running Back
- Angela Hamblin - Former WNBA Player
- Bill Tosheff - Former NBA Player
- Davage Minor - Former Professional Basketball Player
- James Jewell - Former Draft Pick of Major League Baseball Toronto Blue Jays
- Nick Strincevich - Former Major League Baseball Player
- Danielle McCulley - A Former WNBA Player
- Ike Griffin - A Former Professional Football Player
- Gerald Irons - A Former NFL Player
- Tellis Frank - Former NBA Player
- Angel Manfredy - Former Boxer
- Jaymar Johnson - Wide Receiver for the NFL Arizona Cardinals
- Hank Stram - Hall of Fame NFL Head Coach
- Bobby Brooks - A 1950 University of Kentucky NCAA Football National Championship Team Member
- Jim Mackenzie - A 1950 University of Kentucky NCAA Football National Championship Team Member
- Bob Wodtke - A 1950 University of Kentucky NCAA Football National Championship Team Member
- Lonnie Jones - All-Star Center for the CBA Michigan Mayhem
- Jemeil Rich - Guard for the NBA D-League Fort Worth Flyers
- LaTroy Hawkins - Former Major League Baseball Right-Handed Pitcher
- Brandon Moore - Former NFL Pro Bowl Offensive Guard
- Dan Plesac - Former Major League Baseball All-Star Pitcher
- Dick Barnett - Former NBA Player
- The Karras Family(Alex, Lou, Ted) - Former NFL Players
Rhonda Anderson - Former 1976 Women's Track Team Olympian
- Glenn Robinson - Former NBA All-Star Player
- Tony Zale - Former Boxer
- Lloyd McClendon - Former Major League Baseball Player, Coach and Manager
- Chris Hunter - Forward/Center for the NBA Golden State Warriors
- Terry "Tank" Johnson - Former NFL Player
- Vic Bubas - Former Duke University Men's Basketball Coach
- Wallace Johnson - A Former Major League Baseball Player and Coach
OTHER / MISCELLANEOUS
- Katie Washington - First African American Valedictorian at the University of Notre Dame
- Joseph Stiglitz - A 2001 Nobel Prize Winner
- Paul Samuelson - A 1970 Nobel Prize Winner
- Walt Bogdarich - A 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winning National Reporter for the New York Times
- Shalon Le'Fain Smith - Fashion Designer
- Fred Mitchell - First African American sports writer for the Chicago Tribune
- Tommy Williams - ESPN 1000 Radio Anchor
- Felicia Middlebrooks - WBBM Radio News Archor and President/CEO of SaltShaker Productions
- Pamela Jones - A Reporter For CBS Channel 2 Chicago News
- Victor V - Power 92 Radio Personality
- Jim Raggs - Soul 106 Radio Personality
- David "D-Nice" Walker - Radio Personality and Producer for Crawford Broadcasting Company
- Marcus Geeter - Celebrity Make-Up Artist
- Andrew D. Meyers a.k.a. "Footloose" - Fictional Character From Hasbro's G.I. JOE Toy Series
G.I. Media
Newspaper(Past and Present)
Post-Tribune
Gary American Newspaper
Gary Crusader
411 (formely Gary Info)
Gary Sun
Radio(Past and Present)
WGVE 88.7 FMWLTH 1370 AM
Television
WYIN - Channel 56
WJPN - Cable Channel 4
Cable Channel 21
Higher Learning Found in G.I.
G.I. Music
Gary's Elite Rap Artists
G.I. Sports
G.I. On The Big Screen
Original Gangstas, 1996
Posin', 2004
A Nightmare On Elm Street, 2010
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 2011
Email: garyinman_78@yahoo.com