ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A series of “Good Trouble Lives On” protests in memory of a prominent civil rights leader is set to occur across Western North Carolina on Thursday, July 17.
These rallies are part of a National Day of Action that advocates for social justice and honors John Lewis, an influential Democratic congressman and civil rights activist, five years after his death. The “Good Trouble Lives On” website says this series of rallies aims to “carry forward [Lewis’s] fight for justice, voting rights, and dignity for all.”
This also comes amid increased scrutiny of the Trump administration due to mass deportations and the passage of the “big, beautiful bill. Event leaders in Asheville say these protests are a “nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.”…