In pictures: Coffin of civil rights icon John Lewis travels over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where he was beaten while marching for voting rights 55 years ago
Franz and Ellen Hill drove more that four hours from Monroe, Louisiana, to watch the procession.
“I had to come back and see John Lewis cross the bridge for the last time,” said Hill. “It’s funny to see the state troopers here to honor and respect him rather than beat the crap out of him.” Rev. Darryl Caldwell speaks as the casket of the late civil rights icon John Lewis lies in repose during a service celebrating"The Boy from Troy" at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Alabama.
“They didn’t give up and something good came from it. Still need some improvement, but something good came from it.”
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