On May 7, 2026, state troopers cleared the gallery of the Tennessee House after protesters chanted “No Jim Crow 2.0.” KeShaun Pearson , brother of state Representative Justin Pearson, refused to leave and was arrested. In the Senate chamber, Democratic state senator Charlane Oliver climbed onto her desk with a banner reading “No Jim Crow 2.0, Stop the TN Steal” before being removed.  Inside both chambers, the Republican supermajority approved a new congressional map splitting Memphis—the state’s only majority-Black city—into three pieces, eliminating Democratic Representative Steve Cohen’s seat and making Tennessee’s delegation nine Republicans and zero Democrats.…