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Tennessee Arrests Klan Leader on Same Day It Honors 1st Grand Wizard
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 10 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...
Memphians honor the dead of Fort Pillow ahead of Juneteenth holiday
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTucked in the back of the Memphis National Cemetery is a piece of Tennessee and U.S. history that is...
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...
Juneteenth as a paid holiday? Some states stall or say no
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeople attend Juneteenth celebrations in Harlem in New York last year. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez /...
Justin Jones, Justin Pearson win reelection following 'Tennessee Three' expulsion vote
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Four months after an expulsion vote thrust the pair into the national spotlight,...