The Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted at a special meeting in Memphis to appoint Justin J. Pearson to the Tennessee House of Representatives seat he was expelled from last week. Pearson and ...

“These systems of oppression will always seek to tear us down,” Pearson, a member of the Tennessee Three, told theGrio during a sit-down interview. After recently being reinstated to his seat in the ...

Less than a week after being ousted by the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Republican supermajority, District 86 representative Justin J. Pearson has been reinstated by a unanimous vote by ...

The day after two young Black Tennessee state lawmakers were expelled last year by majority white male Republicans, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Nashville on a whim to condemn the ousters ...

The Shelby County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted to confirm the reappointment of Justin J. Pearson to the Tennessee House of Representatives, sending him back to fill the House District 86 ...

In April 2023, moments after being reinstated to his office in the Tennessee legislature after Republicans booted him in retaliation for his gun control activism, Justin J. Pearson told reporters that ...

Katie Riordan / WNKO MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Less than a week after being expelled, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners has reappointed Justin J. Pearson to his seat representing Tennessee House ...

Memphis-area officials voted Wednesday to reinstate Justin J. Pearson to the Tennessee Legislature after Republicans expelled him last week for protesting gun violence on the chamber floor. The seven ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A date has been set to fill the vacated seat of Tennessee House Representative Justin J. Pearson. Pearson, who was elected to represent District 86 which is made up of parts of ...

After recently being reinstated to his seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives, Rep. Justin J. Pearson is more determined than ever to fight against gun violence and advocate for racial justice ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Less than a week after being expelled, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners has reappointed Justin J. Pearson to his seat representing Tennessee House District 86. Shelby County ...