Rep. John Lewis’ funeral procession crosses Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma

US Rep. John Lewis is making one last trip over Edmund Pettus Bridge — where the late lawmaker and civil rights icon was beaten by police more than five decades ago during the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery.

The “conscience of Congress” — who died at age 80 on July 17 — fractured his skull during the confrontation, which became known as “Bloody Sunday.”

Sunday’s procession is part of a six-day memorial tour that began Saturday in his hometown of Troy, Alabama and will pass through Washington, D.C. before wrapping up in Atlanta on Thursday.

Supporters are pushing to rename the bridge — currently dubbed for a KKK grand wizard — after Lewis, according to the Washington Post.

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