John Lewis statue takes over spot where Confederate monument once stood in Decatur
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A crowd in Decatur witnessed the unveiling of a large bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis. It stands in the same spot as a contentious Confederate monument that was dismantled four years ago.
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DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis has been unveiled at a city park in Georgia. A crowd was on
By Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — A statue honoring civil rights hero and US Congressman John Lewis is being unveiled Saturday outside of Atlanta, replacing a Confederate monument that had stood there for more than a century.
A crowd in Decatur witnessed the unveiling of a large bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis. It stands in the same spot as a contentious Confederate monument that was dismantled four years ago.
