Gee, I wonder why the principal wasn't interested in letting him give a speech…
"To Mr. Munno, my principal, there's a whole lot of things I've wanted to say to you for a long time. … 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.
"And after all these years, all this anger I've had toward you and UPrep as a whole, I realized I had to let that go in order to better myself. And I forgive you for everything I held against you."
I don't know what's behind their conflict but clearly they had one and it seems more personal than racial.
After the school refused to let him give his valedictorian speech, Jaisaan Lovett said on the city of Rochester YouTube channel: “You can’t break me.”