DeBerry, a Democrat from Memphis elected to serve in the state House in 1972, was the first woman ... himself in a dashiki and raising his fist on social media on Thursday. “A white supremacist ...

That’s what Justin Pearson, a Tennessee state representative and Democrat, experienced recently when he was criticized for wearing a dashiki on ... African-American woman to serve in the ...

These included 10 African men and four women, nine coloured men and one woman, seven Indian men and two women, and seven white women. In response to this ... but we must cleanse its dirty dashikis.

After the swearing-in, Pearson took to Twitter to denounce his colleague’s criticism, saying, “…a white supremacist has attacked my wearing of my Dashiki.” Pearson added he understands not ...