Ralph Northam

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/12/19
  

  Beyond blackface: How college yearbooks captured protest and change

  by John R. Thelin

  College yearbook editors in the 1960s juxtaposed pictures of traditional campus activities, such as Greek Life, alongside images of protests and marches.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/22/19
  

  Old Yearbook Photo Shows Tennessee Governor Dressed as Confederate Soldier

  The governor’s statement comes as racially insensitive photographs in old yearbooks have increasingly raised demands for accountability and explanation from the prominent individuals associated with them.

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• SOURCE: Democracy Now!
  2/15/19
  

  Video of the Week: Ibram X. Kendi on Surviving Cancer & His Anti-Racist Reading List for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam

  And the legacy of Frederick Douglass on his 201st birthday.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/16/19
  

  The lengthy history of white politicians wearing blackface — and getting a pass

  The history of blackface in American politics is wide and deep, frequently creating little more than a ripple of outrage for the mayors, state legislators and gubernatorial candidates caught on camera darkening their skin and caricaturing black people.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  2/13/19
  

  The ‘Loyal Slave’ Photo That Explains the Northam Scandal

  by Kevin M. Levin

  The governor’s yearbook picture, like many images before it, reinforces the belief that blacks are content in their oppression.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  2/12/19
  

  Ibram X. Kendi: A Reading List for Ralph Northam

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  "Here’s my own anti-racist reading list for Northam and my fellow Americans who are truly awakening after their own blackface moment. It is for people realizing they were taught by their relatives and friends and the media how to be racist."

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• SOURCE: AP
  2/11/19
  

  Historians challenge Northam’s ‘indentured servants’ remark

  Featuring historians Rebecca Goetz and Michael Guasco. 

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• SOURCE: Pew Research
  2/11/19
  

  About a third of Americans say blackface in a Halloween costume is acceptable at least sometimes

  The survey was conducted almost entirely before news broke about Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and other high-profile politicians who have been accused of wearing blackface as part of costumes when they were younger.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/11/19
  

  Historians on The Books Ralph Northam Should Read To Better Understand Racism

  Featuring Annette Gordon-Reed, Eric Foner, Caroline Janney, Grace Hale, Stephanie Smallwood, Sarah Milov and many others!

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• SOURCE: Mother Jones
  2/8/19
  

  Peter Wallenstein Talks About Why White Supremacy “Must Die and Yet Will Not Die”

  Professor Peter Wallenstein explains how the present mess in Virginia connects to the state’s past.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/7/19
  

  Why Won’t Blackface Go Away? It’s Part of America’s Troubled Cultural Legacy

  by Wil Haygood

  For more than 180 years, racist stereotypes have been used to entertain.

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  2/6/19
  

  A Racial Reckoning for Democratic Leaders in Virginia

  by Jelani Cobb

  In disavowing his yearbook photo but admitting to wearing blackface on another occasion, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam implies that he is being castigated for the wrong instance of minstrelsy.

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• SOURCE: WHYY.org
  2/5/19
  

  Why we keep looking at the Northam photo

  by Johnathon Zimmerman

  Because we all know — in our hearts — that racism is America’s original sin. 

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• SOURCE: Democracy Now!
  2/4/`9
  

  Video of the Week 1: Rhae Lynn Barnes on the History of Blackface and the Virginia Racism Scandal

  Americans Must Face Violent History of Blackface Amid Virginia Gov. Racist Photo Scandal

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  2/4/19
  

  Eric Lott on Ralph Northam and the History of Blackface

  by Isaac Chotiner

  In an interview, Eric Lott discusses the subject of blackface and its historical role in American politics, culture, and racism.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/7/19
  

  Why it’s shocking to look back at med school yearbooks from decades ago

  by Elizabeth Evans

  They offer jaw-dropping examples of the sexism and racism that shaped professional cultures.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  2/7/19
  

  A Complicated Racial History Underpins Politics In Virginia

  The controversies rocking Richmond are a reminder of the complicated racial history that underpins Virginia politics.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/6/19
  

  Virginia is the birthplace of American slavery and segregation — and it still can’t escape that legacy

  Four hundred years after the first enslaved Africans were brought to the United States, the commonwealth reckons with the consequences of the system it created.

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• 2/4/19
  

  What Historians Are Saying: Ralph Northam, Blackface, and the KKK

  Historians contextualized the Virginia governor's yearbook photos--and had a lot to say. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  2/2/19
  

  The History of Blackface

  Blackface isn't just about painting one's skin darker or putting on a costume. It invokes a racist and painful history.