Demonstrators rally across Georgia for ‘Good Trouble Day’ in honor of John Lewis

Protestors march down Auburn Avenue in Atlanta in honor of Good Trouble Day Thursday Credit Sarah Kallis GPB News Demonstrators across Georgia held gatherings as part of Good Trouble Day a national day of protest in honor of former civil rights leader and U S Rep John Lewis on Thursday In Atlanta hundreds of demonstrators marched down Auburn Avenue to protest the Trump administration and honor the late Lewis who represented the area for decades The march started at a mural of Lewis and concluded with a rally outside Ebenezer Baptist Church where ACLU Georgia Executive Director Andrea Young stated the crowd must continue Lewis legacy John Lewis carried a torch across the Edmund Pettus Bridge she mentioned referring to the site of a civil rights march to Selma Ala which was met with violence We are still carrying that torch until our multiracial democracy is what he envisioned it to be Protestors in Athens hold signs on a busy road as part of a national day of protest on Good Trouble Day Credit Emma Auer WUGA News Meanwhile in Athens over people gathered for a protest to commemorate Lewis The name Good Trouble was borrowed from the famous phrase coined by Lewis who died in Protester Gloria Heard joined the crowd for one reason For good trouble she explained The protesters lined a busy commercial corridor with posters critical of President Donald Trump s administration Michael Call noted he desired to attend the event to honor Lewis I was a little boy when I first saw him Call explained The way he spoke it inspired me to reliably keep up the fight He never did sit down Having him as that leader made me want to do more and continue to do more No counterprotesters attended the event Savannah residents including Ann Fenstermacher also held a rally in their city Tybee Island activist Julia Pearce speaks at the Good Trouble Lives On protest in Savannah on July Credit Benjamin Payne GPB News I m very concerned about Georgia I think it s a backward state Fenstermacher announced at the Good Trouble Lives On protest in her city I m unhappy with the Republican stance on things giving benefits to rich people and taking benefits away from people who are really in need She added that she thinks the Trump administration has alienated our allies has turned the clock back on the United States years and years and years I don t know how long it s going to take to get that momentum back in every way environmentally socially and the wellbeing of all the people in the United States The demonstrations also marked the five-year anniversary of Lewis death The post Demonstrators rally across Georgia for Good Trouble Day in honor of John Lewis appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta