By: Barbranda Lumpkins Walls | Source: AARP Bulletin Today | June 26, 2009
• The Jackson 5 Debut
Ed Sullivan presented The Jackson 5 and their hit "I Want You Back."
• Music Video: Billie Jean The pop star made history with "Billie Jean" by becoming the first black artist to have a music video on MTV.
• Music Video: Thriller
Critics credit this "short film" for setting the standard for music videos. And the album is still the best-selling in history.
• We Are the World
Jackson co-wrote this song with Lionel Richie to benefit the USA for Africa charity. Proceeds from the song and its sister event, Hands Across America, raised more than $100 million to fight hunger and homelessness.
• Lasting Legacy
More than 1,500 inmates in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Phillipines remake the "Thriller" video.
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