#Rep. John Lewis’ funeral procession crosses Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma

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A hearse carrying the casket of John Lewis drives across the Edmund Pettus Bridge
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US Rep. John Lewis made one last trip over Edmund Pettus Bridge — where the late lawmaker and civil rights icon was beaten by police more than five decades ago during the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery.

The “conscience of Congress” — who died at age 80 on July 17 — fractured his skull during the confrontation, which became known as “Bloody Sunday.”

Lewis, who led an annual march over the bridge for the last two decades, made his “final crossing” just after 10:35 central time.

His body is set to lie in state in the Alabama State Capitol on Sunday afternoon.

Sunday’s procession is part of a six-day memorial tour that began Saturday in his hometown of Troy, Alabama and will pass through Washington, D.C. before wrapping up in Atlanta on Thursday.

Supporters are pushing to rename the bridge — currently dubbed for a KKK grand wizard — after Lewis, according to the Washington Post.