John Lewis' death sparks surge in support to rename Edmund Pettus Bridge, the site of Bloody Sunday, in his honor
4:53pm PDT - July 18th, 2020 john lewis - CBS NewsThe bridge, named after a Confederate officer and leader of the KKK, was the site of Bloody Sunday, where hundreds of people, led by Lewis, who were marching for Black voting rights were brutally attacked by state troopers in 1965.