“I tried to teach Michael about the world through documentaries. One day, Michael and I watched a film about the less fortunate children in Africa. The state of their lives brought us to tears. Michael, sympathetic at the age of 14, turned to me and said, ‘One day, mom, I’m going to do something about it’.

Many years later, he did. Michael surprised me on a trip to New York. We went to the airport hangar where I witnessed boxes of food, goods and emergency supplies being loaded onto several planes lined up on the runway. I was proud to know that my son followed his words”. 

Katherine Jackson in her book ‘My Family, The Jacksons’