Renaming Alabama bridge for John Lewis opposed in Selma

Renaming Alabama bridge for John Lewis opposed in Selma

Seattle Times

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Growing calls nationally to honor the late Rep. John Lewis by putting his name on the Alabama bridge where he and other voting rights demonstrators were beaten 55 years ago are being met with resistance in Selma, the majority Black city where “Bloody Sunday” occurred. Some say renaming the Edmund Pettus […]

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