STREET IN NASHVILLE RENAMED AFTER CIVIL RIGHTS ICON JOHN LEWIS

Highlights

• Late Lewis before becoming a long-serving congressman in Georgia had helped desegregation of the city’s lunch counters

• According to the reports, Metro Council members voted Thursday to rename a large portion of Fifth Avenue North to Rep. John Lewis Way

• The request to process the change was submitted by Councilwoman Zulfat Suara on Friday evening and included some of the highli....