The Mulvaneys are blessed by all that makes life sweet, a hardworking father, a loving mother and four fine children. But something happens on Valentine's Day in 1976; an incident hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home.

Based on the inspiring true story of the first family of music, The Jacksons: an American dream spans five decades--from the family's beginnings in a midwestern steel town to the premier stages of the world.