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Mary Landersmlanders@savannahnow.comView CommentsTwo Savannah lawmakers said Wednesday they are planning to pre-file that would rename the Talmadge Bridge as the “John Lewis Freedom Bridge” after the Georgia Congressman and Civil Rights icon who died July 17.State Sen. Lester Jackson (D-Savannah) and outgoing State Rep. Craig Gordon (D-Savannah) plan to pre-file the resolution as soon as possible in October. The legislative session begins in January.It’s fitting that the largest bridge in the state be named after Lewis because he “bridged people together,” Jackson said.The effort would not exactly be a renaming, said Gordon, who will serve as an escort for Lewis’ body as the funeral procession makes its way from the Georgia Capitol to Ebenezer Baptist Church on Thursday, he said.“What Chairman Ron Stephens and our delegation found out a number of years ago when we even started this effort was that the bridge technically was never named,” Gordon said. “So it I think was assumed that it carried on the name of the Talmadge Bridge from its brick and mortar predecessor, but it actually was never named.”Former Georgia Gov. Eugene Talmadge was a segregationist with white supremacist views. He served three terms as governor from 1933 to 1937 and 1941 to 1943. Elected to another term in 1946, he died before his inauguration., , the Georgia legislature Jackson’s favorite personal memory of Lewis was from the Democratic National Convention in Denver in 2008, when he was seated next to Lewis for a dinner. He couldn’t believe his good fortune.“It was the best time of my life and he was the nicest guy,” Jackson said.At Jackson’s request, Lewis chatted by phone with Jackson’s father that evening. His dad had met Lewis once in Savannah."My dad was talking about man, you know, you changed my life,“ Jackson said. ”And that made me feel good when I heard my dad telling John Lewis that he changed my dad's life.“Also, a lot of what I am I owe to John Lewis, because he made my dad rethink his life about service.”View Comments

Mary Landersmlanders@savannahnow.comView CommentsTwo Savannah lawmakers said Wednesday they are planning to pre-file that would rename the Talmadge Bridge as the “John Lewis Freedom Bridge” after the Georgia Congressman and Civil Rights icon who died July 17.State Sen. Lester Jackson (D-Savannah) and outgoing State Rep. Craig Gordon (D-Savannah) plan to pre-file the resolution as soon as possible in October. The legislative session begins in January.It’s fitting that the largest bridge in the state be named after Lewis because he “bridged people together,” Jackson said.The effort would not...

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