BLACK CAUCUS CHAIR ON THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE STATEMENT

May 4, 2021

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…

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