More photographs of Representative Justin Pearson D-Memphis during the state legislaure special session to re-draw U.S. Congressional voting maps..
1st image- KeShaun Pearson, brother of Rep. Justin Pearson is arrested by state troopers
In the East Gallery.
2nd image-Proteters leave the committee room after the chairman ordered it cleared of protesters.
3rd image- Colleen Weiss and other activists protest in the hallway ofCordell Hull.
4th image-House and Senate Democrats raise their arms in defiance during their press conference.
5th image- Protesters leave a committee after the room was cleared by chairmanFarmer.
6th image- Ariana Kaufman holds her sign after the new congressional map for Tennessee is displayed on the screen.
7th image-Senator Steve Cohen D-Memphis enters the Senate Judiciary Committee room to speak to senators about the congressional map.
8th image- More protests break out in a committee room.
Photographs by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout
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More photographs of Representative Justin Pearson D-Memphis during the state legislaure special session to re-draw U.S. Congressional voting maps..
1st image-Rep Justin Pearson walks out of the East Gallery with his brother KeShayn who was arrested
2nd image- Memphis State Senator Raumesh Akbari comes out of the committee room to talk with Rep. Justin Pearson who was prevented from entering the committee room by
sergeants-at-arms.
3rd image- Rep Justin Pearson watches the live video feed in the committee room while sergeants-at-arms kept him from entering,
4th image-Rep. Justin Pearson listens to debate in the House chamber.
5th image-Rep Justin Pearson watches state troopers clear the East gGallery of protesters from his desk with Rep. T.J. Hardaway.
6th image-Rep Justin Pearson watches state troopers clear the committee room of protesters
7th image-Rep. Justin Pearson speaks at a rally after the session ended.
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Some additional photographs from the three-day special session that changed state laws and Tennessee congressional district maps, diluting a block of Black Memphis voters, in an effort to give President Donald Trump oe more vote in the midterm elections.
1st image-Senator Brent Taylor R-Memphis is greeted by protesters blocking the parking garage where lawmakers park.
2nd image- Activists blocked the garage as other protested across the street
3rd image- Chelsea Madden lashes out at Rep. William Lamberth just before the committee room was cleared by State Troopers
4th image- “It was a done deal,” said House Minority Leader Karen Camper of the plan to redrawTennessee congressional districts less than 90 days before the primary election
5th image- Tennessee state senators gathered at the well together to appeal to Republicans to not pass these laws
6th image- Amber Sherman leads a protest inside a House committee room as the room was ordered cleared
7th image-Memphis protesters react in the committee room when it was ordered cleared.
8th image- A protester did not hold back her feelings for redistricting,
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9th image- Tennessee State Senator Charlane Oliver sits with attorney and former Georgia State Representative who came to speak to the Judiciary committee. “They are coming for everyone. ”
10th image- Jordan Drones waits outside of the House chamber.
Photographs by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout
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Chief Senate Clerk Russell Humphrey and a sergeant-at-arms tear a banner away from Senator Charlane Oliver a Nashville Democrat. Oliver stood on her desk holding a banner
which read “No Jim Crow 2.. Stop the TN Steal”.
Photograph by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout
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State Representative Justin Pearson of Memphis waits outside the Senate Judiciary committee after he was denied entry to the committee meeting by the sergeants-at-arms on the second day of the special session at Cordell Hull office May 6. 2026.
Photograph by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout
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All Hell breaks loose as Tennessee lawmakers bust up Memphis. Despite blaring protests and impassioned pleas at the Capitol, the Republican controlled legislature used a special session to change state laws and redraw Tennessee’scongressional district maps diluting a block of Black Memphis voters in an effort to give President Donald Trump one more vote in the Fall’s
Midterm elections.
1st image- Representatives Justin Pearson and Shaundelle Brooks walk hand in hand through a crowd of protesters and enter the House chamber
2nd image- State Troopers clear the East Gallery after activists protested in the Special Session.
3rd image- State Troopers clear the East Gallery after all Hell brook loose in the Special Session
4th image- House Democrats protest the vote of the Republican majority that busted up Memphis into 3 congressional districts.
5th image Bedlam breaks out on the House floor during the Special Session
6th image- State Senator Charlane Oliver stands on her desk singing and holding a sign that read “No Jim Crow 2.0 Stop the TN steal” failing to vote because Speaker McNally determined that members had to be sitting at their desks.
7th image- Speaker Randy McNally watches Senator Oliver protest standing on her desk.
8th image- Chief Senate clerk Russell Humphrey and a sergeant-at-arms tear the banner away from Senator Charlane Oliver.
9th image- Senator London Lamar and protesters react at the State Capitol after the vote.
10th image-epis Senator Raumesh Akbari, flaked by Nashville Democratic Senator Charlane Oliver and Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis march with others out of the Tennessee Capitol
Photographs by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout
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KeShaun Pearson, brother of Rep. Justin Pearson was arrested for not vacating the East balcony after Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton ordered it cleared due to activists being vocal during the Special Session floor session gerrymandering District 9 into three districts.
Justin Pearson was with his brother all the way to the van that took him away,
Photographs by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout
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Frankie Mae Keeling-Henry, a former Tennessee State University student, educator, and one of the last surviving Freedom Riders connected to Nashville’s historic lunch-counter sit-ins, has died at 85.
Keeling-Henry joined civil rights demonstrations alongside leaders such as Diane Nash and the late Congressman John Lewis. Beyond her role in the civil rights movement, she dedicated much of her life to education, teaching generations of students . Photograph by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout. @civilrightsorg , @photojournalism , @tennessee_lookout , @southernwomenforcivilrights
CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF REP. G.A. HARDAWAY
Family, members, colleagues and friends gathered at the State Capitol to mourn the late Memphis State Representative G.A. Hardaway who died on April 24, at the age of 71.
1st image- Representative G.A. Hardaway’s desk at the Tennessee House of Representatives.
2nd image- State Senator Charlane Oliver and State Representatives Karen Campe, Shaundelle Brooks, JoeTownes and others get ready to sign the guest book.
3rd image- State Representative Justin Pearson prays in a line of mourners waiting to pay respects to Representative G.A. Hardaway.
4th image- Untitled
5th image- From left, Rep. Larry Miller D-Memphis, Rep Jesse Chism D-Memphis and other members of the Black Caucus wait to pays respects to their colleague G.A. Hardaway.
6th image- Governor Bill lee prays with G.A. Hardaway family members.
Photographs by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout
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CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF REP. G.A. HARDAWAY
Family, members, colleagues and friends gathered at the State Capitol to mourn the late Memphis State Representative G.A. Hardaway who died on April 24, at the age of 71.
1st image- Representative G.A. Hardaway’s desk at the Tennessee House of Representatives.
2nd image- State Senator Charlane Oliver and State Representatives Karen Campe, Shaundelle Brooks, JoeTownes and others get ready to sign the guest book.
3rd image- State Representative Justin Pearson prays in a line of mourners waiting to pay respects to Representative G.A. Hardaway.
4th image- Untitled
5th image- From left, Rep. Larry Miller D-Memphis, Rep Jesse Chism D-Memphis and other members of the Black Caucus wait to pays respects to their colleague G.A. Hardaway.
6th image- Governor Bill lee prays with G.A. Hardaway family members.
Photographs by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout
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Over 15 ICE agents waited for hours to obtain a warrant warrantfor a man
At the Hamilton Crossing Apartments in Antioch.
1st image- An ICE officer tells members of Migra Watch “ICE is here to serve a federal arrest warrant and stay back”.
2nd image- An ICE agent warns a journalist to stay back.
3rd image-ICE agents on the scene give the go ahead for other agents to enter the apartment and make the arrest.
4th image- Several ICE agents enter the apartment in mass.
5th image- ICE agents arrest a man from his apartment.
6th image- An ICE agent walks with his taser gun in hand.
7th image- Metro police officers keep Gisselle Huerta and others from Migra Watch from getting near the ICE car that had the detained man..
8th image - Metro police officers keep protesters from getting near ICE cars as they leave the apartments.
9th image-Residents and members of Migra Watch yell at Metro police officers for helping ICE as they left the scene.
10th image- Gisselle Huerta is consoled after ICE and Metro left the apartments
Photographs by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout
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