I wanted to write a song the way Michael Jackson did. He would just hum the music to himself and write the song around that. I made up that song while I was driving in the van, vocal melody and lyrics ...

As Michael Jackson's "Thriller" marks 30 years of pop mastery, we look at how one album conquered racial divides and evolving platforms at MTV and radio to change the world.

Not likely, says a UCLA professor who traced the evolution of Black neighborhoods over 50 years.

Michael Jackson's single white glove was his trademark -- an iconic image for a performer whose career constantly set, then redefined, pop culture trends.

Behind the Card: The 1990 Score Bo Jackson Black & White – The Card That Made Us Believe Anything Was Possible Some sports cards are just collectibles. Others capture a moment, a feeling, an era.

But almost nobody- Black or white- knows that the original Lone Ranger was Black. And his name was Bass Reeves.

Michael Jackson's daughter Paris Jackson is engaged to her partner and bandmate Justin Long, as she shared in a loving tribute to her fiancé on his birthday.

Members of the Jackson family including Michael Jackson's kids Paris and Bigi went to their uncle Tito's funeral in California.

The rumors started circulating on the internet after Janet Jackson falsely claimed Harris' father is white.

The New York congressman apologized for wearing blackface in a newly revealed college photo — before suggesting that what he did wasn’t truly blackface at all.

Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican locked in a tight race for re-election, dressed as the pop star for Halloween as a college student in 2006.