John Robert Lewis Hall

Built in 1929 and originally named for Gov. Bibb Graves, this building was renamed in 2020 in memory of U.S. Rep. John Robert Lewis, a central figure in the U.S. civil rights movement. Nicknamed "the boy from Troy" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis was the youngest speaker in the famed 1963 March on Washington and was a key figure in the Selma-to-Montgomery March that sped the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In 1986, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 5th District until his death in 2020. Lewis held the Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Troy University.

Troy, Alabama · United States