TAKE
TAKE YOU
TAKE YOU SO MUCH. >> THE PROCESSION FROM DOBBINS
AIR FORCE BASE TO THE STATE
CAPITAL REALLY IS A MAP OF THE
WAY CONGRESS BEEN LEWIS MADE A
MARK ON ATLANTA FROM JOHN LEWIS
FREEDOM PARK WAY TO HIS MURAL,
THE HOUSE WHERE DOCTOR MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR., HIS CLOSE
PARTNER IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
FIGHT WAS BORN, EVEN HIS
LONGTIME DISTRICT FICE WHERE
HE WORKED TO SERVE OUR STATE
AND CONGRESS FOR MORE THAN 30
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. JOE JOINED US IN THE
CONGRESSMAN SOME MURAL ON
AUBURN AVENUE AND AT EACH
POINT, THERE IS SUCH SYMBOLISM
AND WE ARE REMINDED OF JUST HOW
WIDE HIS REACH HAS BEEN FOR SO
LONG.
LONG.
LONG. >>
LONG. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
HISTORY ALL ALONG THE
PROCESSIONAL AS YOU MENTIONED
THAT HE REPRESENTED GEORGIA'S
FIFTH DISTRICT UP IN WASHINGTON
DC SINCE 1987.
UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED.
THE PROFESSIONAL, TH
PROCESSIONAL MARKED HIS LAST
TRIP THROUGH GEORGIA'S FIFTH
DISTRICT, THE PLACE HE COULD BE
FOUND OFTEN THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS AND TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE
HE REPRESENTED.
HE REPRESENTED. >> WITH JOHN LEWIS LEADING THE
MOTORCADE OF FAMILY AND
CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOLLOWING
CLOSE BEHIND IS PEOPLE LINED
THE STREETS TO PAY RESPECT,
MANY LIKE EDDIE GRANT HAVE
THEIR STORY OF RECEIVING WISDOM
FROM LEWIS.
FROM LEWIS. >> I'M A MEMBER
LEWIS IS THE PERSON THAT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE STOOD ON HIS
SHOULDERS MANY TIME AND --
>> Reporter: THEY CROSSED OVER
THE FREEDOM PARK WAY AND PAUSE
AT THE RAINBOW CROSSWALKS OF
10th AND PIEDMONT. YEARS AFTER
FIGHTING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS,
FOUGHT FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. >> I LOVE WHAT HE STOOD FOR,
JUSTICE, BLACK AND WHITE
PEOPLE, WHO.
PEOPLE, WHO. IT DOESN'T MATTER.
HE TRULY LOVES PEOPLE.
>> SHE MET LIZ SEVERAL YEARS
AGO AT THE AIRPORT AND THE
CONISTON STOP THE PICTURE AND
THE CONVERSATION, SMALL GESTURE
LEADING A BIG IMPACT.
>> IT IS A MONUMENTAL PICTURE
AND I WILL KEEP IT AS A
REMEMBRANCE.
REMEMBRANCE. JUST KEEP LOVING ON IT.
>> THEY WILL PASS THE KING
CENTER IN THE EBENEZER BAPTIST
CHURCH, THE CHURCH WHERE DOCTOR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ONCE
SERVED AS PASTOR AND AT THE
ICONIC MURAL ON THE PLACE
SERVING AS A PUBLIC MEMORIAL TO
HIS LIFE, THE MOTORCADE CAME TO
A PAUSE AND HIS FAMILY CAN BE
SEEN BEHIND TINTED GLASS WAVING
FROM BUSES.
FROM BUSES. MICHAEL BURTON SKIPPED WORK TO
STAND BY THE MURAL AND HE MET
LEWIS A FEW YEARS AGO OUTSIDE
HOME DEPOT.
HOME DEPOT. >> I WOULD'VE TOOK, I STARTED
BOWING.
BOWING.
BOWING. I
BOWING. I JUST SAID THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SO I HAD TO COME
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. I
OUT. I WAS IN TEARS.
>> CONTINUING ON, THE
PROCESSIONAL
PROCESSIONAL EQUITABLE BOWLING, THE HOME OF
HIS CONGRESSIONAL FIELD OFFICE
FOR MANY YEARS AND THEY FINALLY
REACHED THE CAPITAL.
HIS TIME REPRESENTING THE FIFTH
DISTRICT IS NOW OVER, BUT THE
IMPACT HERE WILL REMAIN.
>> IT IS VERY SAD.
THAT WE HAVE LOST SUCH A LIGHT.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, HE
STRESSED THAT WE MUST CONTINUE.
CONTINUE TO GET IN GOOD TROUBLE.
>> FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING, YOU CAN HEAR PEOPLE
CONTINUING TO COME TO THE
CORNER OF AUBURN AVENUE AND
JESSE HILL DRIVE TO SEE THE
JOHN LEWIS MURAL IN PERSON.
THEY STOPPED FOR A MOMENT OF
REFLECTION AND SOME TAKE
PICTURES AND THEY GO ACROSS THE
BOTTOM OF THE MARYLAND READ THE
MESSAGES THAT THE PEOPLE OF
LEFT BEHIND, MANY INCLUDING
QUOTES FROM JOHN LEWIS OVER THE
YEARS AND HIS FIGHT AND HIS
PUSH FOR GOOD TROUBLE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE CROWD NOT
DYING DOWN ANYTIME SOON.
>> I COULD THINK ABOUT WHAT IT
MUST MEAN TO HIS FAMILY AS THEY
LOOKED OUT FROM A DAUGHTER KATE
SEEING EVERYBODY LINING ALL OF
THOSE REALLY SIGNIFICANT POINTS
ALONG THE ROUTE.
>>> WE WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER
LOOK INSIDE THE CAPITAL WHERE
THE CASKET IS LYING IN STATE
UNDER THE ROTUNDA.
IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A PLACE
HAVING A SWEET SPIRIT TODAY.
AS PEOPLE HONORED AT THE LATE
CONGRESSMAN AND THEY KEPT
REFERRING TO HIM AS A GENTLE
GIANT, SOMEONE WHO MARCHED AND
WORKED AND PRAYED SO OTHERS
WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT, HE
LOVE TO QUOTE THE AFRICAN
PROVERB ABOUT WHEN YOU PRAY,
MOVE YOUR FEET.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY A LOT
OF THINGS, BUT HIS LIFE WAS A
LIFE OF DEMONSTRATION.
AND I THINK THAT IS WHY HE WAS
ABLE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE
EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T CONNECT
WITH HIM POLITICALLY,
NECESSARILY, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T
ARGUE THE FACT THAT HE WAS 15
WHEN HE FIRST FELT COMPELLED TO
GET INVOLVED.
GET INVOLVED. IT WASN'T ABOUT EGO OR ABOUT
GETTING VOTES, IT IS REALLY A
LIFE OF SERVICE AND OTHER SUCH
A RESPECT ABOUT THAT WHEN
AMBASSADOR YOUNG SAID THE
THERE'S NOT A TRACE OF EGO IN
THIS MAN. IT REALLY STANDS OUT.
ESPECIALLY IN POLITICS TODAY.
>> I THINK THAT'S REALLY
SHUTTING A LIGHT ON THE CURRENT
GENERATION WHO WE ARE STILL OUT
THERE MARCHING AND PROTESTING
AND HAVING THEIR VOICES HEARD.
HE REALLY GAVE THEM THE ROADMAP
. I THINK THAT IS WHY WE ARE
SEEING SUCH DIVERSE CROWDS OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. COMING TO PAY RESPECT FOR MAN
THAT JUST TOUCHED SO MANY
GENERATIONS AND WAS REALLY A
MAN WHO WALKED THE WALK.
HE DIDN'T DISAPPEAR TO DC, HE
WAS EVER PRESENT IN ATLANTA,
AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT HE WAS
ALIVE TO RECEIVE HIS FLOWERS
WHILE HE WAS HERE. HE GOT TO
SEE THE MURAL, HE GOT TO SEE
THE RENAMING
THE RENAMING SO I