Wondering why people are protesting or what they are protesting about now? Who is John Lewis and what does his quote 'Good Trouble' mean?

Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies were held at more than 1,600 locations around the country Thursday. The “Good Trouble Lives On” national day of action was held in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis.

Demonstrators turned out at two locations in Pensacola for the “Good Trouble Lives On” nationwide protest on July 17.

Rep. John Lewis Way march in Nashville drew hundreds as nationwide protests echoed the late civil rights icon's message of "good trouble."

National organizers of the “Good Trouble Lives On” protests said more than 1,500 events took place across the country Thursday, pushing back against what they described as the Trump administration’s “most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations.

The event was one in an ongoing series of protests against President Donald Trump, this one on the anniversary of civil rights icon John Lewis' death.

"It is important for people to be out here today so that we can show that we are not for what is going on in this country," Monterey protester Lisa Fimby-Dukart said. "We're fighting for democracy, we're fighting for voting rights,

On Thursday, multiple demonstrations took place across Colorado. Protesters gathered together over concerns about civil and human rights they said are being targeted by President Trump's administration.