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How Trying to Silence the School’s First Black Valedictorian Backfired; And Other Lessons for Petty Tyrants - Great School Voices
“I’m here as the UPrep 2018 valedictorian to tell you that you couldn’t break me. I’m still here, and I’m still here strong,”—Jaisaan Lovett in his mayoral address when denied a chance to speak at his high school commencement If you are a valedictorian, you earned your speech time, unless your truths make the principal nervous. …
Dirk Tillotson