The Equal Justice Initiative unveiled a new statue honoring U.S. Rep. John Lewis.
) - The Equal Justice Initiative has added to its assemblage of monuments and memorials across Montgomery.
On Tuesday, the center unveiled a new statue honoring U.S. Rep. John Lewis at the Legacy Plaza, across from the Legacy Museum on Court Street. The statue, titled Steadfast Stride Toward Justice, will be the first life-sized sculpture of Lewis in Alabama. It will be part of the collection at Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Sites, joining the sculptures of Rosa Parks and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lewis, who was born in Troy, was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement and a fierce advocate for voting rights. He was among those who were beaten while marching on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, also known as “Bloody Sunday.”“I just think the entire state of Alabama owes John Lewis so much because he pulled us all out of the darkness of Jim Crow and racial segregation.
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