African american Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American…

— Michael Eric Dyson

He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.

— Spike Lee

Michael [Jackson] reconstructed his face and deconstructed the African features into a spooky European geography of fleshly possibilities, and yet what we couldn't deny,…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I think the important thing to understand first and foremost about Michael Jackson is that he was the international emblem of the African American…

— Cornel West

Michael Jackson changed the format and history of music. His videos were films. He was the first who floated on the stage and changed…

— Nicky Jam

I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of black identity and the possibilities of R&B…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Joseph Jackson's genius was the ability to be the raw article himself - the real article himself. He is part of the African…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even hip-hop became…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“[I] would argue that native-born blacks are so vastly less "African" than actual Africans that calling ourselves 'African American' is not only illogical but…

— John McWhorter

This is a landmark work in the history of African American studies and American intellectual history. Writing with verve, Jackson brings to life a…

— Werner Sollors

Modern music and artistry would look and sound completely different if not for the groundbreaking contributions Michael Jackson gifted to the world.

— L.A. Reid

“The racial problems that consumed Guitar were the most boring of all. He wondered what they would do if they didn't have black and…

— Toni Morrison