{"id":306374,"date":"2024-08-25T05:37:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T10:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/john-lewis-statue-unveiled-replaces-confederate-monument"},"modified":"2024-08-25T05:37:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T10:37:28","slug":"john-lewis-statue-unveiled-replaces-confederate-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/john-lewis-statue-unveiled-replaces-confederate-monument","title":{"rendered":"John Lewis Statue Unveiled, Replaces Accomplice Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John Lewis<\/strong> spent his life fighting against racism … and, he’s still doing it from beyond the grave — with a new statue of him replacing a Confederate monument.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The late congressman was immortalized in Decatur Square in outer Atlanta … within the district Lewis repped in Congress for more than 30 years until he passed in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Local leaders unveiled the 12-foot-tall statue of JL Saturday morning … and, they gave it a meaningful location — officially replacing an obelisk memorializing the Confederacy erected way back in 1908.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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The obelisk hasn’t actually stood on the pedestal John took since 2020 … when Black Lives Matter protests swept the nation and numerous outdated monuments were taken down.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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John was a seminal figure in the Civil Rights movement … protesting alongside people like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/strong><\/a> and marching at Selma in 1965 — where he was brutally beaten by police along with hundreds of other demonstrators.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Lewis became a congressman in 1987 … serving at the forefront of the Democratic Party until his death from pancreatic cancer complications.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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He even received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from then-President Obama<\/strong><\/a> back in 2011 … with Obama saying generations of Americans would think of Lewis when they thought of courage in the U.S.A.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Clearly, his legacy is still making a big impact on Civil Rights.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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