News Final crossing in Selma: Procession across Edmund Pettus Bridge honors John Lewis July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 Jason Lalljee, USA TODAY Comments Off on Final crossing in Selma: Procession across Edmund Pettus Bridge honors John Lewis In 1965, John Lewis was beaten when a voting rights march across a bridge in Selma, Alabama, turned violent. He crossed that bridge one last time.