“He was elected to Congress in 1986 and served 17 terms representing an Atlanta-area district. While in Congress, Lewis served as a physical reminder of how far the country had come on civil rights — and how much more was left to be done.”
That’s his highest achievement in 34 years they could come up with, that he sat on his chair as a reminder?
A black wooden dummy would have served the same purpose and cost a lot less.