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IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL JACKSON A True Apollo Legend 1958-2009 |
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R.I.P.
(1958 - 2009)
The "Gloved One"
“Lies run in sprints,
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Rev. Al Sharpton, Governor David Paterson, and many other dignitarties were part of the throng of New Yorkers paying tribute to the memory and celebrating the life of Michael Joseph Jackson on the first anniversary of his transition to join our honorable ancestors.
The World Famous Apollo Theater and the nearby Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building were locations of memorials to the one whom Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, described as “simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived.”
A lasting international and intergenerational legacy of music enjoyed by grandparents and grandchildren will long be treasured.
Unless otherwise noted, all photographs in this presentation are Copyright © by Stan Daniels,
Editor, Urban Cartographer Online. All rights reserved.
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Editor's Note: "A MESSAGE TO MICHAEL"
Always remember that God is true and faithful!
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"I Came to Say,Thank You"
Tribute by Rev. Al Sharpton Michael Jackson Memorial Service
Staples Center, Los Angeles July 7, 2009 |
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All over the world today people are gathered in love vigils to celebrate the life of a man that taught the world how to love.
People may be wondering why there's such an emotional outburst. But you would have to understand the journey of Michael to understand what he meant to all of us. For these that sit here as the Jackson family - a mother and father with nine children that rose from a working class family in Gary, Indiana - they had nothing but a dream.
No one believed in those days that this kind of dreams could come true, but they kept on believing and Michael never let the world turn him around from his dreams. I first met Michael around the 1970 Black Expo, Chicago, Illinois. Rev. Jesse Jackson, who stood by this family till now, and from that day as a cute kid to this moment, he never gave up dreaming. It was that dream that changed culture all over the world. When Michael started, it was a different world. But because Michael kept going, because he didn't accept limitations, because he refused to let people decide his boundaries, he opened up the whole world.
In the music world, he put on one glove, pulled his pants up and broke down the color curtain where now our videos are shown and magazines put us on the cover. It was Michael Jackson that brought Blacks and Whites and Asians and Latinos together. It was Michael Jackson that made us sing, "We are the World" and feed the hungry long before Live Aid.
Because Michael Jackson kept going, he created a comfort level where people that felt they were separate became interconnected with his music. And it was that comfort level that kids from Japan and Ghana and France and Iowa and Pennsylvania got comfortable enough with each other until later it wasn't strange to us to watch Oprah on television. It wasn't strange to watch Tiger Woods golf. Those young kids grew up from being teenage, comfortable fans of Michael to being 40 years old and being comfortable to vote for a person of color to be the President of the United States of America.
Michael did that. Michael made us love each other. Michael taught us to stand with each other. There are those that like to dig around mess. But millions around the world, we're going to uphold his message. It's not about mess, but it's about his love message. As you climb up steep mountains, sometimes you scar your knee; sometimes you break your skin. But don't focus on the scars, focus on the journey. Michael beat 'em, Michael rose to the top. He out-sang his cynics, he out-danced his doubters; he out-performed the pessimists. Every time he got knocked down, he got back up. Every time you counted him out, he came back in. Michael never stopped. Michael never stopped. Michael never stopped.
I want to say to Mrs. Jackson and Joe Jackson, his sisters and brothers: We thank you for giving us someone that taught us love; someone who taught us hope. We want to thank you because we know it was your dream too.
We know that your heart is broken. I know you have some comfort from the letter from the President of the United States and Nelson Mandela. But this was your child. This was your brother. This was your brother. This was your cousin. Nothing will fill your hearts' lost. But I hope the love that people are showing will make you know he didn't live in vain. I want his three children to know: Wasn't nothing strange about your Daddy. It was strange what your Daddy had to deal with. But he dealt with it! He dealt with it anyway. He dealt with it for us.
So, some came today, Mrs. Jackson, to say goodbye to Michael. I came to say, thank you. Thank you because you never stopped, thank you because you never gave up, thank you because you never gave out, thank you because you tore down our divisions. Thank you because you eradicated barriers. Thank you because you gave us hope. Thank you Michael. Thank you Michael. Thank you Michael!
Transcription by Tisha Y. Lewis, NNPA News Service Rachel Noerdlinger Executive Vice President of Communications Reverend Al Sharpton Media (212) 876-5444/(646) 981-5903 Facebook.com/rachel.noerdlinger. Twitter.com/rachelnoerd
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