Long before the bridge became synonymous with the civil rights struggle; it was a tribute to Ku Klux Klan leader, Edmund Winston Pettus. John Gainey Executive Director of the youth group 'Student’s Unite,' which started the petition to rename the bridge joins NewsNation.March 6, 2015
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