RICHMOND, Virginia -
Resisting widespread calls for his resignation, Virginia's embattled
governor on Saturday pledged to remain in office after disavowing a
blatantly racist photograph that appeared under his name in his 1984
medical school yearbook.
In a tumultuous 24 hours, Gov. Ralph Northam on
Friday apologized for appearing in a photograph that featured what
appeared to be a man in blackface and a second person cloaked in Ku Klux
Klan garb. In a video posted on Twitter, he said he could not "undo the
harm my behavior caused then and today."
But by Saturday, he reversed course and said the
racist photo on his yearbook profile page did not feature him after all.
The governor said he had not seen the photo before Friday, since he had
not purchased the commemorative book or been involved in its
preparation more than three decades ago. More
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