Good Trouble

Troy University Dedicates Building to John Lewis

Alabama News Network Staff,
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by Alabama News Network Staff

History was made on Troy University’s campus, as a building once named after a Ku Klux Klan member, was renamed after a man who was denied admission because of his race. On Friday, Nov. 13, the John Robert Lewis Hall was officially opened for business. Previously named after former governor of Alabama, Bibbs Graves, Troy’s Board of Trustee’s decided to…

Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Makes Final Bridge Crossing in Selma

George McDonald,
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by George McDonald

From the West Alabama Newsroom– Hundreds of people flocked to Selma to watch Congressman John Lewis make his final journey across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Shouts of “Thank you” — “Farewell” — and “Good trouble” erupted from the crowd — as the horse drawn carriage carrying Lewis’ body — made its way onto the bridge. “It was really important to…