A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020.

Lewis was known for his role at the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement and urged others to get in “good trouble” for a cause he saw as vital and necessary. In DeKalb County where the Confederate monument stood for more than a century, protesters have invoked “good trouble” in calling for the swift removal of the obelisk.

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    3 months ago

    the medium being listed as “inkjet printer” on the plaque

    The one thing I will give the Trump Administration is that they accomplished a lot of things despite being lazy as fuck. Most of the things they accomplished weren’t worth accomplishing, but…

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      There’s a not-insignificant chance it was the only non-painted exhibit in the entire museum. Everything else I saw was a painting…

      On a side note, highly recommend the National Portrait Gallery if you’re ever in DC.