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Statue of late civil rights leader John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument

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A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman was installed Friday .

The 12-foot -tall statue was installed at the spot where a Confederate monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years .

The monument was dismantled in 2020 amid jeers and chants of "Just drop it!" from onlookers.

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