.TheRevAl remembering Rep. Lewis’ legacy and civil rights activism: “On his body, the body that is now being brought up those Capitol steps, are the scars of the movement.” “John Lewis comes to the Capitol a victor.”
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In Selma, A 'Final Crossing' For John Lewis Across The Edmund Pettus BridgeIn 1965, John Lewis was nearly killed as he led a group of protesters across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest racial disciminration in voting. Today, he will cross that bridge one last time.
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John Lewis Remembered in 'The Boy from Troy' Service Held in His HometownThe morning service in the city of Troy in rural Pike County was held at Troy University, where John Lewis would often playfully remind the chancellor that he was denied admission in 1957 because he was Black, and where decades later he was awarded an honorary doctorate.
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Final crossing in Selma: Procession across Edmund Pettus Bridge will honor John LewisA procession honoring Rep. John Lewis will cross Edmund Pettus Bridge, who walked the bridge. Lewis walked the bridge with about 600 other voting rights advocates on March 7, 1965.
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Funeral procession and viewing is held for John Lewis in AlabamaWATCH LIVE: The body of Rep. John Lewis will cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time Sunday, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met with brutality in Selma, Alabama
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Rep. John Lewis to be taken across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.byronpitts says John Lewis' biggest concern when crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday was that he might be tossed off the bridge because he couldn't swim - but he was willing to go forward anyway.
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