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    Va. Gov. Ralph Northam Defies Calls To Resign, Doesn't Recall Being In Racist Photo

    "I do not believe that I am either of the people in the photo," Gov. Northam said of the image, which shows two individuals, one dressed in blackface, and another as a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
    by Shannon Van Sant Feb 02, 2019 4 minutes

    Updated 7:53 p.m. ET

    Resisting calls to resign, Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia says he has no recollection of appearing in a racist yearbook photo, despite acknowledging on Friday he was one of two people pictured in the more than 30-year-old image.

    The photo shows two individuals, one dressed in blackface and another as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and appears on his 1984 yearbook page from Eastern Virginia Medical School.

    In a press conference on Saturday, Northam said he was not aware the photo appeared on his yearbook page. The Democratic governor told reporters the content of the photo was "clearly racist

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