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Tennessee Arrests Klan Leader on Same Day It Honors 1st Grand Wizard
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGetty/HandoutThree years ago, the Tennessee state Senate voted of 20-to-9 to keep July 13 a Day of...
Tennessee GOP Learns No Lessons After Fiery Racism Debate
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersThe bust of Nathan Bedford...
The rise of Memphis as a center for cotton and the slave trade | Opinion
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor’s note: This, the fourth in a series of columns about topics currently slated to be deleted...
Tennessee GOP wanted Justin Jones and Justin Pearson to assimilate. That wasn't going to happen.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Thursday, almost every Tennessee House Republican voted to expel two young progressive Democratic...
Tennessee Has Two White Faces. I’ve Seen Both of Them.
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOnce in a while, a new Black leader pops up from the grassroots. Fannie Lou Hammer. Malcolm X. Today, we see this phenomenon with “the two Justins” — Tennessee lawmakers Justin Pearson and Justin ...
No One Should Be That Shocked by What’s Happening in Tennessee
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe world of politics experienced a collective shock this week as Tennessee Republicans expelled two...
What to know about ‘the Tennessee three’ after two Dems are expelled
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTennessee’s Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to expel two of three Democratic lawmakers...
Justin Jones, Justin Pearson win reelection following 'Tennessee Three' expulsion vote
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Four months after an expulsion vote thrust the pair into the national spotlight,...
Happy Robert E. Lee’s birthday? Florida still has three Confederate holidays on the books
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn Friday, Jan. 19, the state of Florida officially honors the birth of a man who led armies to...
Van Turner, NAACP president, former commissioner, starts run for Memphis mayor
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVan Turner, a former county commissioner, president of the Memphis Branch of the NAACP and an...