WATCH LIVE: Memorial Service In Selma For Rep. John Lewis
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SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will cross Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon.
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 African Americans.
State troopers and police officers stood along the barricaded sidewalks.
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