AL HJR247

Names a portion of Alabama Highway 8 (U.S. Highway 80) between Selma and Montgomery the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway," specifically from mile marker 85.191 to mile marker 120.591.

Honors Congressman John R. Lewis, born February 21, 1940, outside Troy, Alabama, who was a civil rights activist and organizer of sit-in demonstrations.

Recognizes Lewis's role as one of the 13 original Freedom Riders and his leadership of over 600 peaceful protesters across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on March 7, 1965 (Bloody Sunday), where he was brutally attacked by Alabama State Troopers.

Notes Lewis was elected to Congress in November 1986, representing Georgia's Fifth Congressional District until his death on July 17, 2020.

Directs appropriate officials to place and maintain signs or markers identifying the highway with the new name.