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The 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.”
The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, is named after a Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader.
Lewis, the Black civil rights icon who some called the “conscience of Congress,” died Friday.
Rep. John Lewis, an iconic civil rights leader, has died at age 80.
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The civil rights icon gave us our "marching orders," the former president wrote in a moving tribute to his friend.
"Our hearts feel empty without our friend, but we find comfort knowing that he is free at last."
“It would be good to have a woman of color” as vice president, said civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis.
The Georgia Democrat and civil rights icon spoke on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where he and others faced state-sanctioned violence for peacefully marching.
The singer and fashion and beauty mogul accepted the group's President’s Award at the ceremony in Pasadena, California.
“I am ready for the fight," the civil rights icon told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.