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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, left, with his wife Pam at his side, speaks during a press conference in the Executive Mansion on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Northam is under fire for a racial photo that appeared in his college yearbook. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

Pam Northam, Virginia first lady, under fire for handing cotton to black students

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2019 file photo, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, right, and his wife Pam, watch as the casket of fallen Virginia State Trooper Lucas B. Dowell is carried to a waiting tactical vehicle during the funeral at the Chilhowie Christian Church in Chilhowie, Va. Virginia First Lady Pam Northam has expressed regret after the mother of an African American teenager complained about a tour of the governor’s mansion she said was racially insensitive. Northam said Wednesday, Feb. 27 that is she is working to make sure the stories of slaves who worked in the mansion’s historic kitchen before the Civil War are told properly. Northam’s statement comes amid heightened racial tension in Virginia politics. Gov. Ralph Northam has recently apologized for wearing blackface decades ago. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool, File)

Gov.’s wife expresses regret after complaint of racist tour

Associated Press