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Published: Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 11:17 p.m.

HOUMA — Marlon Jackson Sr., former member of the Jackson 5 and brother to the late Michael Jackson, will speak at the Terrebonne NAACP's annual banquet Saturday.

The Freedom Fund Banquet is set for 6 p.m. Saturday at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd., Houma.
Chapter President Jerome Boykin said 1,000 tickets have been sold for the event. This year's theme of "One Nation, One Dream" evokes Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
"It means one dream for everyone," Boykin said. "The dream is equality for all of us."
The chapter is also giving 29 students college scholarships of $1,000 each, the most the organization has given at one time, Boykin said.
Tickets are $50 each and available for purchase through the Civic Center Box Office, open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. through today. Tickets can be purchased the day of the event at the Civic Center Box Office starting at 5 p.m. Saturday.

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/2...n-5-member-to-speak-at-NAACP-banquet-Saturday
 
I wonder if anything is happening with the Nigeria project. Maybe he will speak about it.
 
Jackson 5 star speaks at NAACP gathering

HOUMA — Faith in others and yourself is good, but that's not all it takes.

That's the message Marlon Jackson, a member of the musical group the Jackson 5 and brother to pop icon Michael Jackson, had for a group of young graduates Saturday night.

"Faith without action is just words," Jackson, clad in a black pinstripe suit, said in his speech during the Terrebonne NAACP's 28th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet. Whatever your dream is, "you must put your time into it."

Hundreds gathered at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center to celebrate the achievements of 29 recent high-school graduates honored by the NAACP's scholarship process. Each received a $1,000 award from the NAACP and other community groups.

Marlon Jackson is one of the five brothers who formed the Jackson 5, the youthful singing group from Gary, Ind., that topped the charts in the 1970s with hits like "I Want You Back" and "ABC."

Jackson sprinkled his talk with anecdotes from his childhood in showbiz. He and his brother Michael usually had money to buy candy at school when they were kids, he said, thanks to the coins they got onstage when they did splits during singing and dancing numbers. It was hard to get home late from performing and have to go to school and learn, but it was also rewarding, he said.

Jackson said he used to wonder why he had to learn about British history in school, but that came in handy when the group got called upon to play for the queen of England.

Jackson's interest in the history of the slave trade ran much deeper, a subject he spoke about at length. In his case, his faith in God helped nurture that interest and eventually led him to a business opportunity to build up museums and tourism about the slave trade in Nigeria.

"He wants to strap those wings on you and soar," Jackson told the crowd.

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20100815/ARTICLES/100819526/-1/living?p=2&tc=pg
 
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