On March 3, 2017, the historical Civil Rights activist Jesse Jackson visited Montevallo High School to speak to the students and teachers to celebrate Black History month. Jackson was on his was to march for the anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. He is seventy five years old and he was at the original march fifty two years ago from Selma to Montgomery. Jackson was also close friends with Martin Luther King Jr. and they worked together for Civil Rights during those times. Jackson’s speech to the students of Montevallo High School focused on unity. Jackson said the “I am somebody” poem while he had the students repeat it back to him. Most things that he said he had the student body to repeat back to him. Jackson focused on things
