Reverend Jesse Jackson visited Montevallo High school Friday in an impromptu speech to talk to the youth in order to encourage education and to promote eligible students to register to vote, even bringing voter registration forms to those students wanting to register. Jackson’s speech was primarily academically focused while also including his experiences and hardships as an African American youth growing up around the state of Alabama.
Throughout his speech, Jackson reiterated the importance of living and tolerating one another and “Not to build walls, but to build bridges.” this seems to be a stab at President Trump, the Reverend seemed to try to keep his speech as unpolitical as he could, however his feelings of disapproval towards the president