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Black leaders call out hypocrisy and racism after vote to expel Jones and Pearson from Tennessee House

Alexis Marshall

April 10, 2023

Last week, two young Black Democrats were expelled from the state legislature for breaking decorum rules while protesting for gun control on the house floor. Black leaders across Tennessee — and beyond — are calling out the expulsions as racist. 

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Bernice King, Charlane Oliver, Covenant School, Gloria Johnson, Jesse Chism, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, Kamala Harris, London Lamar, Tennessee Three, Tequila Johnson, The Equity Alliance

The nation reacts to the Tennessee legislature’s expulsion of 2 Black lawmakers

Rachel Iacovone

April 7, 2023

History has its eyes on Tennessee. And so do powerful people — near and far.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bernice King, Bob Mendes, Freddie O'Connell, Gloria Johnson, hillary clinton, Joe Biden, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, Kamala Harris, March For Our Lives, NAACP, Sandra Sepulveda, Zulfat Suara

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