The name change is part of a broader reexamination in the District of public buildings and spaces with connections to slavery and racism.
West Elementary School in Petworth is named after a U.S. senator who gave the order to murder Apache chief Mangas Coloradas.
In Photos: The Body Of Congressman And Civil Rights Activist John Lewis Lies At The Capitol Building
Lewis’s body will be on display to the public Monday evening and Tuesday all day.
“I do not know if the National Museum of African American History and Culture would have happened without him.”
Jarrett Lewis used it to get access to restaurants and free football tickets.
“Sometimes you have to make a way out of no way … Now is the time to get in the way.”
More than 100 were arrested at the rally today, including several key lawmakers.
With tens of thousands of slightly damp, yet hopeful people looking on, President Barack Obama stood where Martin Luther King Jr. had on the Lincoln Memorial fifty years ago to mark the March on Washington.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. John Lewis and many other leaders spokes at the March on Washington anniversary event.
