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John Lewis Makes Final Journey Across Edmund Pettus Bridge [WATCH]

Fifty-Five years after nearly losing his life along the Edmund Pettus bridge, the life of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis was celebrated as his body crossed the bridge for one final time on Sunday. A crowd gathered in Selma, Alabama for Lewis’ final crossing across the bridge to thank him for life-spanning efforts to… Read more »