Jesse Jackson's Speech

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Rev. Jesse Jackson in Montevallo High School
March 3rd, 2017, Reverend Jesse Jackson visits Montevallo High School to give a speech to the student body and faculty staff about unity, equality and human rights.
At the beginning of the speech, Reverend Jackson asked the audience to recite after him the words of the poem “I Am Somebody.” by Reverend William H.
During the speech, Reverend Jackson talked about various topics of great importance, for example, he talked about unity among everybody, that we all should love each other, help each other, and treat each as brothers and sisters. He spoke about current events in the United States and other nations. The division of societies because of different ideologies and how we as a community can
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