Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge

Monday, July 27, 2020

SELMA, Ala. -- The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon.

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