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YEARBOOK: Ralph Northam In Blackface & KKK Photo

Northam and a friend were photographed together — one in blackface, one in Klan robes.

Published

12 months ago

Feb 1, 2019

Patrick Howley

Virginia Democrat governor Ralph Northam posed for a blackface photograph.

Big League Politics has obtained photos from Northam’s time at the Eastern Virginia Medical School, from which he graduated in 1984.

Northam and a friend were photographed together — one in blackface, one in Klan robes.

Northam’s quote: “There are more old drunks than old doctors in this world so I think I’ll have another beer.”

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