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By Associated Press
https://www.aljazeera.com/
The late United States Representative John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time on Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights legend.
A crowd began gathering near the bridge that 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," a key event in the fight for voting rights for Black Americans.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/body-john-lewis-final-journey-selma-bridge-200726172431899.html
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