Michael Jackson: The King of Pop Made His Mark

How Jackson healed America Performer used his celebrity to blur the lines between black and white
By Gil Troy, History News Network, 6-25-09 – Montreal Gazette, 6-27-09
Michael Jackson’s death at age 50 parallels Elvis Presley’s death in 1977, at age 43. By the time both performers died, they were walking punch lines, symbols of the coddled [...]

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Dueling Narratives: Obama’s Deconstructionist Diplomacy versus Netanyahu’s History as Tragedy

By Gil Troy, HNN, 6-16-09
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Sunday imitated yet countered U.S. President Barack Obama’s earlier speech in Cairo. Both leaders are best-selling authors, proud of their mastery of the written and spoken word. Both chose symbolically-significant university settings. Obama was co-hosted by Cairo University and Al-Azhar University, founded in 975, [...]

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