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

With the death of congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, pressure is mounting to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Lewis was one of the prominent activists who marched ...

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those who were beaten on the bridge as they marched for civil rights in 1965.

The Alabama Senate voted 23-3 for a bill that would change the official name to the “Edmund W. Pettus-Foot Soldiers Bridge.” Lettering on the famous bridge would remain unaltered but the name ...

An online petition to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma after U.S. Rep. John Lewis has picked up steam in the past two weeks. However, Alan Reese, the grandson of the late Rev. Dr ...

The death of US Rep. John Lewis on Friday has renewed calls to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, after the civil rights legend. The push to rename the bridge comes amid a national ...

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks to the crowd at the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing reenactment marking 55th anniversary of Selma's Bloody Sunday on March 1, 2020 in Selma, Alabama.(Photo by Joe ...

Lynda Lowery was 14 when she and hundreds of civil rights marchers were beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, an event known as Bloody Sunday. She got seven stitches over her right ...

On March 7, 1965, more than 600 civil rights demonstrators attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge en route to Montgomery. They were simply seeking the right to vote. Local authorities, with ...

The bridge’s namesake, Edmund Pettus, was a Confederate general and leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama. Lewis visited the bridge earlier this year to mark the 55th anniversary of the ...

The casket of Rep. John Lewis moves over the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse drawn carriage during a memorial service for Lewis, July 26, 2020, in Selma, Ala.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those beaten as they marched for civil rights in 1965.