Report Abuse. Michael Jackson was very important in black history, as well as entertainment history. He was the first African-American person to be featured on MTV, which is very important because MTV was considered an all white network, until Billie Jean came out.e was the first black artist to be played in heavy rotation on MTV he tartedthe trend for choreography in videos, he holds the record for donating the most money to charity, set the record for most grammys won in one night. · 6 years ago.