1.0 link 226354 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/clarence-b-jones/remembering-michael-jacks_b_226354.html During the past week, the public reaction to the death of Michael Jackson as reflected both in our media and the media in countries throughout the world drives home a cultural phenomenon in our country that I have observed for years: The African-American "experience," as expressed in language, dance, fashion, sports, literature and music comprises much of the fuel that ignites the engine of popular culture in the United States. The domestic and international outpouring of multi-racial, intergenerational public response...

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