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May 14, 2025
By Tony Jones
The Tennessee Tribune

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Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, left, and Justin Jones, D-Nashville, speak to reporters outside the West Wing after meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 24, 2023. Pearson and Jones, who became Democratic heroes as members of the “Tennessee Three,” reclaimed their legislative seats Thursday, Aug. 3, after they were expelled for involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor. Photo credit: Andrew Harnik, The Associated Press

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BNV BLACK PEARLS: Two young Tennessee legislators named Justin who took a bold stand

December 29, 2023
By Lynn Norment
NABJ Black News & Views

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Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, speaks from the House floor during a special session of the state legislature on public safety, Aug. 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. Jones filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, Oct. 3, challenging his expulsion in April and the House rules restricting lawmakers' floor comments that Republicans applied to silence Jones for part of one day in August. Photo credit: George Walker IV, The Associated Press

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‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat sues over expulsion and House rules that temporarily silenced him

October 5, 2023
By Jonathan Mattise
The Associated Press

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Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, left, and Justin Jones, D-Nashville, speak to reporters outside the West Wing after meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 24, 2023. Pearson and Jones, who became Democratic heroes as members of the “Tennessee Three,” reclaimed their legislative seats Thursday, Aug. 3, after they were expelled for involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor. Photo credit: Andrew Harnik, The Associated Press

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Justin Pearson and Justin Jones win back Tennessee House seats after being expelled

August 7, 2023
By Kimberlee Kruesi
The Associated Press

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President Joe Biden meets with Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, left, state Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, second from left, and state Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, right, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 24, 2023, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris listens third from left. Photo credit: Andrew Harnik, The Associated Press

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Biden thanks ‘Tennessee three’ for standing up

April 25, 2023
By Chris Megerian, Aamer Madhani & Josh Boak
The Associated Press

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Justin Pearson and his fiancé, Oceana Gillian, arrive at the Shelby County Board of Commissioners building in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted 7-0 to reinstate Pearson as a state representative. Photo credit: Chris Day, The Commercial Appeal via The Associated Press

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Second expelled Black Democrat reinstated to Tennessee House

April 13, 2023
By Jonathan Mattise and Kimberlee Kruesi
The Associated Press

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