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    Expelled Black lawmaker Pearson to return to Tennessee House

    chicagoinquirerBy Politics No Comments5 Mins Read
    Justin Pearson celebrates with supporters after being reinstated to the the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners building in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Republicans expelled Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones last week over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor after a Nashville school shooting that left three children and three adults dead. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP)

    by Adrian Zainz
    MEMPHIS, Tenn.  — The second of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House will return to the Legislature after a Memphis commission voted to...

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