Michael Jackson Always Embraced His Blackness
February 04, 2021
![Michael Jackson performs in concert circa 1988.](https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/28d35d54a3c64e2b851790a18a1c4c18/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/21Feb4_MJ_900px.jpg)
“Michael Jackson artistically and aesthetically never turned his back on blackness. His work was always in conversation with black culture both in the United States and more globally.” – Professor Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University #BlackHistoryMonth