MINISTER TONY MUHAMMAD SPEAKS ON MICHEAL JACKSON
From The FinalCall.com
June 30, 2009
I spent time with Mr. Jackson during his 2005 molestation trial. He said, ‘Bro. Tony, since I was eight years old, I've lived a sheltered life. I couldn't go anywhere. I became very popular around 8 or 9 years old.' Here's a young brother who had never seen the inside of a bank. He's never been inside of a grocery store. He hadn't gone to any amusement parks because he was so popular. He couldn't do anything.
No one understood the inner fight, the turmoil, of a man who never had a childhood, but wanted to live a simple life.
He wanted to become a great humanitarian and he was. This man had the love of people like I've never seen. He wasn't color struck, and had a great love for all people.
I recall when Mr. Jackson realized that some who were guiding his career wanted to keep him away from Black people, and how displeased he was by that. When he came around us, he started taking the negative media hits, but he wanted to learn as much about who he was, and his history.
Mr. Jackson wanted to go all over the world in search of knowledge and had many goals for Black and oppressed people. He was very instrumental in helping to reach out to gang members, and oft times, he donated money to families of victims of violence without anyone knowing. He wanted it that way.
We mourn and send our condolences out to his family and all of those who loved him and grew up with him, he's going to be truly missed.
Minister Tony Muhammad
Nation of Islam, Los Angeles
June 30, 2009
I spent time with Mr. Jackson during his 2005 molestation trial. He said, ‘Bro. Tony, since I was eight years old, I've lived a sheltered life. I couldn't go anywhere. I became very popular around 8 or 9 years old.' Here's a young brother who had never seen the inside of a bank. He's never been inside of a grocery store. He hadn't gone to any amusement parks because he was so popular. He couldn't do anything.
No one understood the inner fight, the turmoil, of a man who never had a childhood, but wanted to live a simple life.
He wanted to become a great humanitarian and he was. This man had the love of people like I've never seen. He wasn't color struck, and had a great love for all people.
I recall when Mr. Jackson realized that some who were guiding his career wanted to keep him away from Black people, and how displeased he was by that. When he came around us, he started taking the negative media hits, but he wanted to learn as much about who he was, and his history.
Mr. Jackson wanted to go all over the world in search of knowledge and had many goals for Black and oppressed people. He was very instrumental in helping to reach out to gang members, and oft times, he donated money to families of victims of violence without anyone knowing. He wanted it that way.
We mourn and send our condolences out to his family and all of those who loved him and grew up with him, he's going to be truly missed.
Minister Tony Muhammad
Nation of Islam, Los Angeles
CNN Breaking News
-- Michael Jackson's body will be taken to Neverland Ranch in California for a public viewing on Friday, CNN has learned.