With the death of congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, pressure is mounting to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.. Lewis was one of the prominent activists who marched ...

The death of US Rep. John Lewis on Friday has renewed calls to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, after the civil rights legend. The push to rename the bridge comes amid a national ...

Lynda Lowery was 14 when she and hundreds of civil rights marchers were beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, an event known as Bloody Sunday. She got seven stitches over her right ...

Attempts to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma aren’t new to Reese. Every few years, a push emerges to rename the historic bridge, the site of Bloody Sunday and the 1965 Selma to ...

Edmund Pettus Bridge name controversy. More than 500,000 people have a signed a petition to change the name of the bridge to John Lewis. Lewis led hundreds of marches across the bridge as he ...

Of the occasion, it was written, “And so today the name of Edmund Winston Pettus rises again with this great bridge to serve Selma, Dallas County Alabama and one of the nation’s great highways.” ...

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks to the crowd at the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing reenactment marking 55th anniversary of Selma's Bloody Sunday on March 1, 2020 in Selma, Alabama.

The Edmund Pettus Bridge is a symbol of freedom all over the world. It is also a symbol of voting rights and democracy. However, the very name stands for the exact opposite. Symbols are powerful ...

The Edmund Pettus Bridge is the key site of the Selma to Montgomery march; A pivotal moment in the civil rights movement that led to the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Edmund Pettus Bridge should be the John Lewis Bridge. Named for a hero. Not a murderer. Join this call. It’s past due.” The Lincoln Project, a super PAC formed by anti-Donald Trump ...

US Rep. John Lewis speaks to the crowd at the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing reenactment on March 1, 2020, in Selma, Alabama. Joe Raedle/Getty Images CNN — ...