John Lewis Remembered In this July 21, 2020, photo, a sign outside the Troy Public Library in Troy, Ala., honors the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis. As a child in the 1940s and 1950s Lewis said he longed to go to the Pike County library but wasn't allowed because it was for whites only. Lewis applied for a library card knowing he would be denied in what he considered his first act of resistance to segregation. (AP Photo/Kimberly Chandler) (Kimberly Chandler)
Remembering John Lewis The program for "Boy from Troy" service to honor Congressman John Lewis in Pike County, Alabama. (Nicole Carr)
Remembering John Lewis John Lewis casket is loaded into a hearse outside Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home in Atlanta. His casket was flown to his hometown of Troy, Alabama for a memorial service.
John Lewis Troy service Congressman John Lewis' casket escorted in to Troy University for the first event honoring his historic life, July 25, 2020. (Ryon Horne / Ryon.Horne@ajc.com) ((Ryon Horne / Ryon.Horne@ajc.com))
John Lewis casket Troy July 25, 2020 Troy - The casket of Congressman John Lewis is brought into Trojan Arena for a service celebrating "The Boy from Troy" at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com) (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
John Lewis Remembered Mourners walk past the casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a service celebrating "The Boy from Troy" at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)
John Lewis Remembered Jackson Lewis Brewster, great nephew, of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., walks off stage during a service at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)
John Lewis Remembered Mourners sing during the service for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)
APTOPIX John Lewis Remembered Fraternity members sing in front of the casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a service celebrating "The Boy from Troy" at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)
John Lewis Remembered Mourners listen during a service for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)
APTOPIX John Lewis Remembered Fraternity members sing in front of the casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a service celebrating "The Boy from Troy" at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)
John Lewis Remembered Mourners walk past the casket during the service for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)
John Lewis Remembered Ethel Mae Tyner, sister, of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., wipes her face during a service celebrating "The Boy from Troy" at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)
John Lewis Remembered Mourners sing during the service for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Troy, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)
