The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will cross Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time later today as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon.
The casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., arrives to lie in repose at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Ala.
SELMA, Ala. — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will cross Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time Sunday asLewis’ casket will be carried in a processional across the Selma bridge where he and other civil rights marchers were beaten 55 years ago on “Bloody Sunday,” a key event in the fight for voting rights for African Americans. Lewis will lie in repose at the Alabama Capitol on Sunday afternoon.
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