John Lewis, civil rights giant, crosses infamous Selma bridge one final time. “His final march, that final crossing, so different than the first, speaks to the legacy that he leaves behind and the lives that he changed,” Rep. Sewell said.
one final time, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met with brutality in Selma, Alabama.
Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., thanked Lewis’ family during a ceremony at the chapel for sharing the congressman with the public for so many years. The casket of late Rep. John Lewis is carried from the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma on Sunday.Crowds waited for Lewis’ body at the foot of the bridge, where he was met by Alabama state troopers, who safely escorted him on to the state Capitol.
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John Lewis, civil rights giant, crosses infamous Selma bridge one final time“His final march, that final crossing, so different than the first, speaks to the legacy that he leaves behind and the lives that he changed,” Rep. Sewell said before the body of Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time.
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Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridgeSELMA, Ala. (AP) — )The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. A crowd...
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Casket of Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Crosses Selma Bridge as Remembrances ContinueThe bridge became a landmark in the fight for racial justice when Lewis and other civil rights marchers were beaten there 55 years ago on 'Bloody Sunday,' a key event that helped galvanize support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
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Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma Bridge for last timeIn 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
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In Selma, tributes to Rep. John Lewis and calls to protect his voting rights legacyRep. John Lewis was honored in a church that became a landmark of the movement the civil rights hero was so deeply tied to.
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In Selma, tributes to Rep. John Lewis and calls to protect his voting rights legacyMartin Luther King III invited mourners in Selma, Alabama, to imagine the welcome his parents and other civil rights leaders gave Rep. John Lewis on the other side.
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