#justin pearson

[saywhat-politics]

TN lawmaker Justin Pearson was blocked from a Capitol committee room as Republicans moved to erase the state’s only Black-majority district after Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act by making Black-majority districts easier to challenge as racial gerrymanders.

Black Americans won enforceable voting protections only in 1965.

📸 Nicole Hester / The Tennessean

[drchucktingle]

such an honor to talk to my bud JUSTIN PEARSON from THE LOCUST and DEAD CROSS on his CULT & CULTURE podcast about loudly proving love in a punk rock way. OUT NOW. there is whole article about the pod here

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

I'm dead serious

[cr4shdummy]

the locust live at lintfabriek, belgium 2003

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

This photo is going to be in the history books eventually....

The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.

A white officer with a badge, blocking a black congressional member, from joining meeting that specifically targets the black district meant to give representation to people of color.

The segregation is alive and well in the south.....

Brian Garlick

[onlytiktoks]

[mommahoney]

Jim Crow

[africanamericanreports]

This photo could have been taken during the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s.

The Sergeant at Arms blocks Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represnts.

We are not going backwards!