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Starting Thursday (July 2), New York's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex will be featuring a multitude of Michael Jackson-related memorabilia on display, celebrating the late singer's record-breaking career.

The artifacts cover all corners of Jackson's work. There are handwritten lyrics to a handful of his biggest hits, including "Billie Jean," "Beat It" and "Bad." Fans of "We Are the World" are in for a particular treat, as the lyrics to the song (co-written with Lionel Ritchie) are a part of the collection, as is the stunning gold-beaded black jacket Jackson wore in the all-star music video. In fact, there are a number of iconic items from Jackson's videos in the collection, including a pair of black leather gloves worn by Jackson in the "Beat It" video.

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In 1991, Jackson released the controversial video for "Black or White" off his album, Dangerous, but looking back on the song eight years later, he didn't see any reason for the controversy.

"I wanted to do a dance number [and] I told my sister Janet, I said, 'You remind me of a black panther.' I said, 'Why you don't do something where you transform into a black panther and you transform into yourself again?' She said, 'I like it,' but she didn't go with it," he explained. "The two of us, we always think alike. So I did it. And in the dance, I said, 'I want to do a dance number where I can let out my frustration about injustice and prejudice and racism and bigotry,' and within the dance I became upset and let go. I think at the time people were concerned with the violent content of the piece, but it's, like, easy to look at. It's simple."

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The footage, reportedly shot on June 23 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles — where a memorial service for Jackson reportedly will be held on July 7 — opens with Jackson performing some of his patented military-style, slow motion marching dance moves along with the male dancers, who are behind him on a slanted platform. It then cuts to the singer enthusiastically pulsating to a solo from his guitarist.

Jackson gives one of his signature "Oh!" exclamations as the track changes tempo to a rousing royal fanfare overlaid with a snipped of the "I Have a Dream" speech from the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. The singer and dancers straighten up and salute, then do a high-step march across the stage to a martial beat as Jackson does knee bend and shuffles in place alone center stage.

After what appears to be an edit, the sound of a car horn blaring overtakes the music, the dancers put their hands out in a stop motion and the tempo shifts once again into a spare, funky track to which Jackson does a subtle shoulder shimmy walk to, landing him at the lip of the stage. It's clear the rehearsal is a casual run-through, as the dancers are wearing sweats and t-shirts and the typically meticulously dressed Jackson is clad in black pants, a grey jacket and a pattered red button-down shirt that is half-untucked.