Now that the beloved civil rights icon and Georgia congressman has been laid to rest, GPB News takes a look back on his final journey from his boyhood home in Troy, Alabama, to one last crossing of the Edmund Pettus bridge with stops at the Alabama Capitol and the nation’s Capitol along the way, before heading back to Georgia for his service at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church.
A bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis has been unveiled at a city park in Georgia. A crowd was on hand Saturday to witness the unveiling of the large bronze statue, which stands in the same spot at Decatur's historic square as a contentious Confederate monument that was removed four years ago.
The 16-foot-tall sculpture of the civil rights icon will be officially unveiled later this week. It replaces a 30-foot-tall obelisk erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908.
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Joe Hernandez
GPB Education
Classroom Resources To Honor Rep. John Lewis
Use these free digital resources to explore the life and legacy of John Lewis.
