Bronze statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument [View all]
Source: ABC News/AP
August 16, 2024, 6:30 PM
DECATUR, Ga. -- A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020.
Work crews gently rested the 12-foot-tall (3.7-meter-tall) statue into place as the internationally acclaimed sculptor, Basil Watson, looked on carefully.
“It’s exciting to see it going up and exciting for the city because of what he represents and what it’s replacing,” Watson said, as he assisted with the install process.
Lewis was known for his role at the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement and urged others to get in “good trouble” for a cause he saw as vital and necessary. In DeKalb County where the Confederate monument stood for more than a century, protesters have invoked “good trouble” in calling for the swift removal of the obelisk.
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A man takes a photo of the new John Lewis statue at Rodney Cook, Sr. Park in Vine City in Atlanta, GA., on Wednesday, June 7, 2021. (Photo/ Jenn Finch for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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