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Rep. John Lewis remembered in Alabama | USA TODAY

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 24 comments

Rep. John Lewis's casket was taken across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on Sunday. RELATED: Lewis was beaten and tear–gassed as he and […]

Rep. John Lewis honored by fellow civil rights activists in Selma service

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 50 comments

Fellow civil rights activists and community leaders shared stories about Rep. John Lewis in an emotional memorial service at historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in […]

Rep. John Lewis remembered at historic Selma church | USA TODAY

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 42 comments

Rep. John Lewis will be honored in a private memorial service at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama. RELATED: Following the ceremony, the public […]

Rep. John Lewis’ Casket Travels Across The Historic Edmund Pettus Bridge One Last Time | MSNBC

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 63 comments

Crowds honor the life and legacy of Rep. John Lewis as his casket travels over the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after […]

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James Clyburn: Honor John Lewis by voting like never before

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 50 comments

House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn shares with CNN's Bianna Golodryga how he plans to honor his late friend and urges the Black Lives Matter […]

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Descendant Of Edmund Pettus: Rename The Bridge And Then ‘We Get To Work’ | The Last Word | MSNBC

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 30 comments

Caroline Randall Williams, great-great-granddaughter of Edmund Pettus, says renaming the bridge in Selma, Ala. for John Lewis would be a way to “put that bridge […]