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Originally Posted by blueash
Let's remember what John Lewis dealt with. He had his skull fractured by racist white police as he peacefully marched for rights that never should have been an issue 100 years after the defeat of the Confederacy. No cops were ever charged as they were acting on the authority of the government. His Black life did not matter then. But he persisted and history has proven him right.
Maybe now would be a good time to change the name of that bridge where he and others were peacefully marching for human dignity.
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"Maybe now would be a good time to change the name of that bridge where he and others were peacefully marching for human dignity."
Especially since the bridge was named after someone, who was the exact opposite of what Lewis stood for.
The Racist History Behind The Iconic Selma Bridge : Code Switch : NPR
Aside from being a two-term U.S. senator and a Confederate general, Pettus was a Grand Dragon of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. When legislators decided to name the bridge after him in 1940, Giggie says there's no mistaking the message they wanted to send