Ralph Northam to Speak at Slavery Commemoration Event in Virginia
Cortney O'Brien
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Posted: Aug 23, 2019 9:15 AM
This weekend at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, the 2019 Commemorative Commission will mark the 400th anniversary of the first arrival of captured Africans to the eastern coastal region. The weekend will feature events ranging from black heritage tours to a “day of healing†festival, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
The mission of the commemoration is "to promote the history of the first Africans in the new world," the website reads.
Yet, there's one snippet at the end of the WSJ report's fourth paragraph worth highlighting.
"Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who was embroiled in controversy earlier this year when a racist picture from his 1984 medical-school yearbook was made public, is among the politicians set to speak Saturday."
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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/08/23/ralph-northam-to-speak-at-african-slavery-event-in-virginia-n2552099
