Rep. Justin Pearson says move to expel is ‘persecution’
State Rep. Justin Pearson (D-Memphis, middle) speaks at a press conference Monday, April 3, flanked by the other two representatives threatened with expulsion, Gloria Johnson (left) and Justin Jones (right). (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian file)
Rep. Justin Pearson spoke at the Tuesday, April 4, ceremony at the National Civil Rights Museum marking the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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