The large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis replaced a Confederate monument that stood there for more than 110 years.

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.

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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.

  • @ZapBeebz_
    6•3 months ago

    Last time I went to the National Portrait Gallery in DC, the Hall of Presidents directly abutted the Civil Rights area.

    Trumps presidential portrait (a photo, not a painting, as distinguished by the medium being listed as “inkjet printer” on the plaque) was on one side of a freestanding wall on the center of the room, and maybe 30ft away was a very large portrait of John Lewis.

    The impression given was that Trump was losing a staring contest with John Lewis, which felt very apt.

    • Flying Squid
      3•3 months ago

      the medium being listed as “inkjet printer” on the plaque

      The one thing I will give the Trump Administration is that they accomplished a lot of things despite being lazy as fuck. Most of the things they accomplished weren’t worth accomplishing, but…

      • @ZapBeebz_
        3•3 months ago

        There’s a not-insignificant chance it was the only non-painted exhibit in the entire museum. Everything else I saw was a painting…

        On a side note, highly recommend the National Portrait Gallery if you’re ever in DC.

  • SeaJ
    3•3 months ago

    To anyone complaining that the former statue should have stayed to memorialize history: it was a fucking obelisk with some horse shit written by the Daughters of the Confederacy. There was no history there, only lies.