RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and racist photo in medical school yearbook (all times local):
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's medical school says an investigation will be launched into all of its past yearbooks.
The president of Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk announced the investigation on the school's website late Saturday.
Dr. Richard V. Homan said he will direct an external investigation by a "panel of advocates for diversity and inclusion." It will include African Americans and other people of color.
The announcement follows Friday's revelation that a photo on Northam's 1984 profile page features someone in blackface and someone in KKK robes. The image has led to a torrent of calls for his resignation.
The probe will determine the yearbook publishing process and the extent of administrative oversight. It will also examine the campus culture
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has resisted widespread calls for him to step down over a racist photograph that appeared in his medical school yearbook.
The photo on Northam's profile page features someone in blackface and someone in KKK robes.
He denies being in the photo, even though on Friday he had apologized and said he was in it.
During a news conference Saturday, Northam admitted to wearing blackface while he was dressed as Michael Jackson during a 1984 dance contest in Texas.
Northam said he regrets he didn't understand "the harmful legacy of an action like that."
After he spoke, both of Virginia's U.S. senators said they called Northam to tell him that he must resign, as he had "irrevocably broken the trust Virginians must have in their leaders."
