Rep. Justin Pearson Says Tennessee’s New Map Is a Direct Attack on Black Voters

Rep. Justin Pearson Says Tennessee’s New Map Is a Direct Attack on Black Voters

Rep. Justin J. Pearson says Tennessee Republicans are not just redrawing lines, they are changing who gets heard. In an interview with Lurie Daniel Favors on her SiriusXM Urban View radio show, Pearson said the state’s new congressional map splits Tennessee’s only majority-Black congressional district into three pieces, weakening the political power of Memphis voters. “Tennessee only has one Black majority district in the United States Congress,…