Tennessee House

Justin Pearson at Tennessee House well with fellow lawmakers

VOICES: 'We will never quit'

By Justin Pearson
April 7, 2023 - This week the Republican-controlled Tennessee House voted to expel two young, Black Democrats who from the chamber's floor had joined a vocal protest calling for stricter gun laws following a deadly mass shooting at a Nashville school. We share the powerful Easter-themed statement Rep. Justin Pearson delivered to the chamber before his expulsion.