Death Of John Lewis Sparks Renewed Calls To Rename Bridge After Him

Death Of John Lewis Sparks Renewed Calls To Rename Bridge After Him

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Watch VideoThe death of civil rights icon and U.S. congressman John Lewis Friday sparked renewed calls to rename an iconic bridge in Selma, Alabama after him.

In 1965, peaceful protesters marched for civil rights across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, which is named after a Confederate general and KKK leader. Lewis was one of the...

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