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Nashville officially renames 5th Avenue, Rep. John Lewis Way
Jordan Powell / WTVF
and last updated 2021-07-17 17:55:36-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â On the one year mark of Rep. John Lewis s death, Nashville held a ceremony to honor the late civil rights pioneer.
5th Avenue from Jefferson Street to I-40 has officially been renamed Rep. John Lewis Way. Lewis lived in Nashville back in the 1960s while studying at American Baptist College. As a student, he participated in the landmark lunch counter sit-ins that eventually resulted in Nashville being one of the first southern cities to integrate lunch counters.
Lewis s mentor, Rev. James Lawson, spoke at the dedication ceremony calling on others to continue Lewis s important work when it comes to non-violent demonstrations. The non-violent way is the way the power of compassion and truth can shape every community, every congregation, every union, every political group, Rev. Lawson told the crowd.
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On Nov. 10, 1960, employees at a restaurant on Fifth Avenue used water hoses, wet brooms and a fumigation machine to try and drive John Lewis away from the lunch counter.
He stayed put, clasping a white handkerchief over his mouth as acrid clouds of bug spray filled the room.
When police and angry critics closed in during another sit-in at the Walgreens on Fifth Avenue, Lewis sat and wrote a sermon.
Lewis became the face of a yearlong movement to desegregate the lunch counters in downtown Nashville, which refused to serve Black customers. He returned again and again with throngs of college students, using nonviolent protests to demand respect and racial equity.
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