Virginia Governor Refuses to Quit Over Racist Yearbook Photo
- Northam says people shown in blackface, KKK hood were not him
- Democratic 2020 candidates led calls for him to step aside
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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said he won’t resign despite a national outcry over a racist photo from a 1984 medical school yearbook that triggered fellow Democrats to call for him to step down.
Northam made the announcement during a televised press conference at the state Executive Mansion in Richmond to address what he earlier called a “clearly racist and offensive” photograph on his medical school yearbook page from 1984 that surfaced on Friday.