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A statue honoring John Lewis replaces former Confederate monument in Georgia
By Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — A statue honoring civil rights hero and US Congressman John Lewis is being unveiled Saturday outside of Atlanta, replacing a Confederate monument that had stood there for more than a century. Renowned Jamaican sculptor Basil …