Civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis honored by Dover NJ bridge
View Comments DOVER — Growing up in a family of 12 children in the segregated South, Mayor Carolyn Blackman said, she took inspiration from the teachings of many leaders, including civil rights icon John Lewis. "I'm a country girl from Virginia," Blackman said Tuesday as she unveiled a road plaque dedicating the new bridge at the corner of East Blackwell and Salem streets in memory of Lewis, the late U.S. congressman. "I dealt a lot with what John Lewis went through." Flanked by Morris County commissioners, legislators and other dignitaries, Blackman recalled a time and place that inspir...
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