Following the death of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the calls to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge where he was brutally beaten while fighting for the right of Black Americans to vote have ...

Rendering of the soon-to-open John Lewis Memorial Bridge that spans Interstate 5 in Seattle. (Courtesy SDOT) For community groups and sustainable transportation activists, the John Lewis Memorial ...

SELMA, Ala. - The death of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis has sparked a national debate over the Edmund Pettus Bridge-- a site of history, but one that’s named for a Confederate general and Ku Klux ...

Crowds watched solemnly Sunday as the body of Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met with brutality in ...

*In a tribute fit for a hero, the body civil rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one last time on Sunday in Selma, Alabama. The event was part of what ...

FILE - In this March 7, 2015, file photo, singing "We Shall Overcome," President Barack Obama, third from left, walks holding hands with Amelia Boynton, who was beaten during "Bloody Sunday," as they ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the bridge honors John G. Lewis. The reopening of the historic John G. Lewis Memorial Bridge was celebrated as a major step for Loudoun County, ...

SELMA, Ala. (Reuters) - The body of civil rights icon John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, decades after his "Bloody Sunday" beating there drew a national spotlight to the struggle ...

John Lewis, the fearless civil rights leader, was beaten mercilessly by police and vigilantes on the Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on Sunday, March 7, 1965 as he helped lead 600 marchers demanding ...