Justin Jones

First of all, I'm physically new to the South, but my lineage is from the South. And I just want to say the name of my grandmother, because I would not be who I am without my grandmother, Harriet. And my family fled the South during Jim Crow, moved to Chicago from Tennessee, and then moved to California.

First of all, I'm physically new to the South, but my lineage is from the South. And I just want to say the name of my grandmother, because I would not be who I am without my grandmother, Harriet. And my family fled the South during Jim Crow, moved to Chicago from Tennessee, and then moved to California.

And so I say my ancestors call me back here, because even though Jim Crow is over, now we face Jim Crow's son named James Crow Esquire, which is more sophisticated and subtle, but it's just as dangerous as Jim Crow. And what I would say is that It's important. I've been traveling the country a lot. I was just in Buffalo speaking at the university for the graduation. I was just in Colorado.

And so I say my ancestors call me back here, because even though Jim Crow is over, now we face Jim Crow's son named James Crow Esquire, which is more sophisticated and subtle, but it's just as dangerous as Jim Crow. And what I would say is that It's important. I've been traveling the country a lot. I was just in Buffalo speaking at the university for the graduation. I was just in Colorado.

And so I say my ancestors call me back here, because even though Jim Crow is over, now we face Jim Crow's son named James Crow Esquire, which is more sophisticated and subtle, but it's just as dangerous as Jim Crow. And what I would say is that It's important. I've been traveling the country a lot. I was just in Buffalo speaking at the university for the graduation. I was just in Colorado.

And so often I hear people say, oh, just let the South secede right off the South. And I always tell them, number one, as somebody who represents a very diverse district, I know that the majority of black people in this nation live in the South. I know that if you want to change this nation, you must change the South.

And so often I hear people say, oh, just let the South secede right off the South. And I always tell them, number one, as somebody who represents a very diverse district, I know that the majority of black people in this nation live in the South. I know that if you want to change this nation, you must change the South.

And so often I hear people say, oh, just let the South secede right off the South. And I always tell them, number one, as somebody who represents a very diverse district, I know that the majority of black people in this nation live in the South. I know that if you want to change this nation, you must change the South.

If we study the abolition of slavery and reconstruction to the civil rights movement, this has been the front line of our democracy. And the reason why there is so much repression in the South is because they know that if we come together as black and white, indigenous, Latino, that we can build a new South.

If we study the abolition of slavery and reconstruction to the civil rights movement, this has been the front line of our democracy. And the reason why there is so much repression in the South is because they know that if we come together as black and white, indigenous, Latino, that we can build a new South.

If we study the abolition of slavery and reconstruction to the civil rights movement, this has been the front line of our democracy. And the reason why there is so much repression in the South is because they know that if we come together as black and white, indigenous, Latino, that we can build a new South.

And I always tell people, you hear that saying from George Wallace and all these southern governors, they say, the South's going to rise again, the South's going to rise again. I say, no, we reject that. And we say that the South's going to rise anew, a South that is multiracial, multi-faith, multi-generational, pro-justice, anti-poverty, pro-queer. That's the South that we can build. And so...

And I always tell people, you hear that saying from George Wallace and all these southern governors, they say, the South's going to rise again, the South's going to rise again. I say, no, we reject that. And we say that the South's going to rise anew, a South that is multiracial, multi-faith, multi-generational, pro-justice, anti-poverty, pro-queer. That's the South that we can build. And so...

And I always tell people, you hear that saying from George Wallace and all these southern governors, they say, the South's going to rise again, the South's going to rise again. I say, no, we reject that. And we say that the South's going to rise anew, a South that is multiracial, multi-faith, multi-generational, pro-justice, anti-poverty, pro-queer. That's the South that we can build. And so...

And so my message to the National Democrats as they look is come South, because if we can change the South, we can change this nation. This has been the blueprint. That's why they came up with a Southern strategy to try and divide and conquer us. But we've only been a Republican super majority since 2010 in Tennessee. This is still relatively new. We can go back. The pendulum can shift.

And so my message to the National Democrats as they look is come South, because if we can change the South, we can change this nation. This has been the blueprint. That's why they came up with a Southern strategy to try and divide and conquer us. But we've only been a Republican super majority since 2010 in Tennessee. This is still relatively new. We can go back. The pendulum can shift.

And so my message to the National Democrats as they look is come South, because if we can change the South, we can change this nation. This has been the blueprint. That's why they came up with a Southern strategy to try and divide and conquer us. But we've only been a Republican super majority since 2010 in Tennessee. This is still relatively new. We can go back. The pendulum can shift.

And let's tell one more truth is that Tennessee is not a red state, but it's a state that ranks 50 in voter turnout, where one in five black people cannot vote because of voter suppression, that has been gerrymandered to oblivion, and that's the only reason they keep power. They're not a powerful majority.

And let's tell one more truth is that Tennessee is not a red state, but it's a state that ranks 50 in voter turnout, where one in five black people cannot vote because of voter suppression, that has been gerrymandered to oblivion, and that's the only reason they keep power. They're not a powerful majority.

And let's tell one more truth is that Tennessee is not a red state, but it's a state that ranks 50 in voter turnout, where one in five black people cannot vote because of voter suppression, that has been gerrymandered to oblivion, and that's the only reason they keep power. They're not a powerful majority.