NPR: Pam Northam https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=698977925 Pam Northam en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:23:57 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Pam Northam https://www.npr.org/tags/698977925/pam-northam Virginia's First Lady Criticized For Racially 'Inappropriate' Mansion Tour Pam Northam allegedly handed out cotton to two black Senate pages, asking them to imagine being enslaved cotton-pickers. The first lady says she was telling the "full story of the Executive Mansion." Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:22:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/698947727/virginias-first-lady-criticized-for-racially-inapporpriate-mansion-tour https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/698947727/virginias-first-lady-criticized-for-racially-inapporpriate-mansion-tour

Pam Northam allegedly handed out cotton to two black Senate pages, asking them to imagine being enslaved cotton-pickers. The first lady says she was telling the "full story of the Executive Mansion."

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