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John Lewis Remembered in "The Boy from Troy" Service Held in His Hometown
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hollywoodreporter.comCivil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis was remembered Saturday — in the rural Alabama county where his story began — as a humble man who sprang from his family’s farm with a vision that "good trouble" could change the world.
The morning service in the city of Troy in rural Pike County was held at Troy University, where Lewis would often playfully remind the chancellor that he was denied admission in 1957 because he was Black, and where decades later he was awarded an honorary doctorate.
Lewis, who became a civil rights icon and a longtime Georgia congressman,died July 17at the age of 80. Saturday morning's service was titled "The Boy from Troy," the nickname the Rev.
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