The gatherings invoked the Civil Rights leader’s memory while offering another venue for groups protesting the Trump administration this year.

Hundreds of protesters lined Grand River Avenue in downtown Howell during the nationwide “Good Trouble Lives On" protests July 17.

"It's vastly greater than what we had anticipated," an organizer said about an event to honor former Representative John Lewis.

The "Good Trouble Lives On" protests commemorate the five-year anniversary of congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis' death.

The “ Good Trouble Lives On ” national day of action took place around the United States to protest President Donald Trump’s controversial policies such as mass deportations and

It just seems like our country is being led by an incapable madman, and the Republicans are just bowing down to him,” one protester said.

Organizers said the protests were a direct response to what they characterize as the Trump administration’s “brazen rollback” of civil and human rights.

Protesters gathered in South Haven and Paw Paw on Thursday, as well as other parts of West Michigan, as part of a nationwide "Good Trouble Lives On" day of acti