NOW.
NOW. PEOPLE ARE LINED UP OUTSIDE,
YOU SEE THEM WALKING OUTSIDE
THE BUILDING SOCIALLY
DISTANCING AS THEY STOPPED BY
TO PAY THEIR RESPECT.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE THREE
CITY TRIBUTE IN ALABAMA, TO
HONOR THE BOY FROM TROY.
>> Reporter: THE HONORABLE JOHN
LEWIS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO
BRIDGING COMMUNITIES, BUILDING
BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING, AND
IN CROSSING THIS ICONIC SELMA
BRIDGE ONE FINAL TIME IT SERVES
AS A REMINDER FOR THE REST OF
THE WORLD TO CARRY ON HIS
LEGACY BY CONTINUING TO GET IN
GOOD TROUBLE UNNECESSARY
TROUBLE, TO HELP REDEEM THE
SOUL OF AMERICA.
>> AMAZING GRACE, HOW SWEET THE
SOUND, OF THE FEET THAT MUCH
WALKED MANY MILES FROM TOWN TO
TOWN.
TOWN.
TOWN. IT
TOWN. IT IS ABATING AND
DEMONSTRATIONS TO END
SEGREGATION, AND REMAINING
DEDICATED TOWARD MAKING THE
STATION A BETTER PLACE FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
FUTURE GENERATIONS. AS WE SHALL OVERCOME TURNED
INTO LOOK HOW FAR WE CAME, YOU
REMINDED THE NATION TO CONTINUE
THE FIGHT FOR CHANGE.
EACH TIME, PUTTING YOUR BODY ON
THE LINE.
THE LINE.
THE LINE. CONTINUING THE FIGHT FOR THOSE
WHO NEVER SAW VICTORY IN THEIR
LIFETIME. DESPISE THE IDEA THAT
WE CAN ACTUALLY JUST WALK ON
THE BRIDGE, HOW EASY THAT IS.
BUT, HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS WHEN
JOHN FIRST TRIED TO WALK ACROSS
THE BRIDGE.
THE BRIDGE. >> Reporter: WITH YOUR EYES ON
THE PRIZE, YOU REALIZE THE
POWER OF UNITY, COMMUNITY,
STANDING SIDE-BY-SIDE. AND WHEN
THEY KNOCKED YOU DOWN, JOHN
LEWIS, STILL, YOU WOULD RISE.
DESPITE WE DO NOT WANT OUR
FREEDOM GRADUALLY.
FREEDOM GRADUALLY. WE WANT TO BE FREE NOW.
>> WE ARE MARCHING TODAY TO
DRAMATIZE TO THE NATION, TO
DRAMATIZE TO THE WORLD.
>> Reporter: YOU IGNORED JIM
CROWE'S AND BLOWS TO THE HEAD
AND LEGS BECAUSE THE DREAM
BESIDES YOU COULD NOT DESTROY,
THE SAME HANDS THAT PICKED
COTTON IN TROY PICKED UP THE
WORLD WITH JOY.
>> MY BROTHER ROBERT, THIS IS
NOT A GOODBYE.
IT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF
HELLO.
HELLO.
HELLO. >>
HELLO. >> HE WAS MY BROTHER.
HIS BROTHER ROBERT.
AND I LOVED HIM.
>> EVERY TIME YOU WERE NEEDED,
YOU WERE THERE.
>> WE CAN TALK THE TALK AND WE
CAN WALK THE WALK.
>> Reporter: FOR AS LONG AS YOU
HAVE BREATH IN YOUR BODY, YOU
CARED.
CARED.
CARED. >>
CARED. >> ♪ I'M GOING TO LET IT
SHINE.
SHINE.
SHINE. ♪
♪
♪ >>
♪ >> Reporter: IS YOU
CONTINUOUSLY FOUGHT TO RECLAIM
THE SOUL OF OUR NATION, YOU LIT
THE IMAGINATION OF OUR
GENERATION END UP WITH THE
LIGHT OF YOURS WE WILL LET IT
SHINE, LET IT SHINE, LET IT
SHINE.
SHINE.
SHINE. >>
SHINE. >> Reporter: AMAZING GRACE, HOW
SWEET THE SOUND, OF TEARS
ROLLING DOWN HER FACE, KNOWING
THAT YOU MAKE THIS WORLD A
BETTER PLACE.
BETTER PLACE. THE SPIRIT SO PROFOUND.
FROM BOYCOTTS TO CITIZENS, IT
IS ONLY FITTING THAT NEARLY
TOOK YOUR LIFE IS A PART OF
YOUR IMAGE TO YOUR ANCESTORS BY
YOUR SIDE.
YOUR SIDE. THAT CIRCLE WILL BE BROKEN.
GENERATIONS OF ANCESTORS NOW
TOGETHER, ALL WHO WERE DIVINELY
CHOSEN.
THE
THE HONORABLE JOHN LEWIS, OUR FAVORITE BOY FROM TROY.
THERE IS A BETTER HOME WAITING
IN THE SKY, IN THE SKY.
WHAT AN HONORABLE DAY, HOPE YOU
KEEP ON WALKING, KEEP ON
TALKING, MARCHING TO THE PEARLY
GATES.
>>
>> WHAT
>> WHAT A
>> WHAT A POWERFUL TRIBUTE. THAT WAS NOT YUMA ABDULLAH HE
REPORTING.
REPORTING. 11 ALIVE IS WHERE ATLANTA
SPEAKS IN TRIBUTES POUR IN ON
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE HAVE THIS ONE FROM
STEVENSON, HE SAYS JOHN LEWIS
WAS DEMOCRAT, A MOUNTAIN OF A
MAN WHO NEVER GAVE UP HOPE.
WILLIE ALSO WROTE CONGRESSMAN
JOHN LEWIS, YOU HAVE MADE SO
MANY SACRIFICES FOR US, AND WE
CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.
YOU WILL BE MISSED.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM MARGIE, HE
SAYS, WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU,
THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES.
WELL DONE, FAITHFUL SERVANT.
>> OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK HERE
IN ATLANTA AND IN WASHINGTON DC
HONORING LEWIS HIS LEGACY.
TOMORROW, ON TUESDAY, LEWIS
WILL LIE IN STATE OF THE U.S.
CAPITAL AND THERE WILL BE AN
OFFICIAL CEREMONY IN DC IN THE
AFTERNOON, TOMORROW AS WELL.
11 ALIVE WILL BRING IT TO YOU
LIVE, RIGHT HERE.
THEN, ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY, LEWIS WILL BE HONORED
HERE