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Justin Jamal Pearson (born January 7, 1995; PEER-sən) is an American activist and politician. He is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 86th district, covering parts of the city of Memphis.
Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, remains hopeful about the Volunteer State even as he asserts that the Tennessee General Assembly is the most toxic work environment he has ever experienced in ...
Memphis-area officials voted Wednesday to reinstate Justin J. Pearson to the Tennessee Legislature after Republicans expelled him last week for protesting gun violence on the chamber floor.
On April 6, 2023, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted on resolutions to expel Democratic Representatives Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, and Justin J. Pearson for violating the chamber's decorum rules by leading personal protests for gun reform on the House floor and joining demonstrators in the chamber's public galleries during a ...
Opinion: Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, was one of the "Tennessee Three" who was expelled for protesting for gun law reform in 2023.
List of representatives. *Justin J. Pearson was elected to serve as state representative on January 4, 2023, after Barbara Cooper died in October 2022. **Pearson was re-appointed by the Shelby County Commission, after being expelled from the house alongside Representative Justin Jones .
Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were expelled in 2023 for violating decorum rules by leading a gun control protest on the House floor during a legislative session. Both Jones and Pearson were later reinstated. Representative Gloria Johnson also participated in the demonstration, but avoided expulsion by one vote.
Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have advanced past an election hurdle after the two young Black lawmakers were expelled earlier this year for their gun control protest on...
State Republicans voted to expel Jones and Justin J. Pearson, who are Black, for their roles leading gun control demonstrations from the House floor after the March shooting at The Covenant School ...
On April 6, 2023, three Democrats Rep. Justin Jones, Rep. Gloria Johnson, and Rep. Justin J. Pearson faced expulsion from the Tennessee House of Representatives, the first since Franklin Republican Jeremy Durham was expelled in 2016.