Tennessee House Passes Resolution to Abolish Slavery

Issue will now be placed on the 2022 ballot NASHVILLE-A resolution that would allow Tennesseans to abolish all forms of slavery in the state will now come before all Tennesseans for a vote. The House of Representatives passed the measure on Tuesday night.  Currently, the Tennessee Constitution bans the use of slavery, except as a […]

Black Caucus Chair On Three-Fifths Compromise Statement

NASHVILLE- State Representative Antonio Parkinson of Memphis released this statement on the comments made today, May 4, by Rep. Justin Lafferty on the Three-Fifths Compromise: “Conversations around race are always very uncomfortable in the Tennessee legislature.  Rep. Lafferty’s statement about how the Three-Fifths Compromise was designed to end slavery was alarming, but the real insult […]