Bounce TV will broadcast live the farewell memorial service for Rep. John Lewis tomorrow, Thursday, July 30, starting at 11 a.m. (ET). The funeral will also be live-streamed at BounceTV.com.

The final service for the Civil Rights icon before his memorial service will take place at the Ebenezer Baptist Church — once led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — in Atlanta, the city which Lewis honorably represented for decades as a member of the House of Representatives.

Lewis passed away on July 17 at the age of 80.

Leading into the funeral service, Bounce will present “Celebrating Atlanta’s Freedom Fighters: Fathers of the Movement” (10 a.m. ET). Bounce is partnering with its’ Atlanta affiliate WSB-TV for this one-hour special which honors the lives and accomplishments of Representative Lewis, Joseph Lowery, and C.T. Vivian.
FILE - This June 16, 2010 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., participates in a ceremony to unveil two plaques recognizing the contributions of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, has died. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed his passing late Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE – This June 16, 2010 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., participates in a ceremony to unveil two plaques recognizing the contributions of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, has died. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed his passing late Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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