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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Mar 7, 2023

The Tennessean reports that a Republican-backed proposal to rename of a portion of Nashville's Rep. John Lewis Way after former President Donald Trump is off the table. State Rep. Paul Sherrell, R-Sparta, who sponsored the bill along with state Sen. Frank Niceley, R-Strawberry Plains, withdrew the legislation on Monday night. The bill, HB1372/SB1407, drew outrage from Nashville leaders and residents. The Metro Council in 2020 renamed a section of Fifth Avenue after the civil rights activist and longtime Democratic member of Congress from Georgia. Lewis helped lead lunch counter sit-ins along the street during the early years of the civil rights movement.