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Justin Pearson

Justin Pearson took office as a Tennessee state representative in August 2023. Pearson was part of the "Tennessee Three" who led chants during protests against gun violence at the state Capitol in March 2023. Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, were expelled but later reinstated.  Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, who protested alongside Jones and Pearson, also faced expulsion, but that resolution failed by one vote. Johnson is white. Jones and Pearson are Black.

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