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Virginia Marks 400th Anniversary of Slave Ship Arrival

Associated Press

   HAMPTON, VIRGINIA - Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced Saturday
   a new state commission to review educational standards for teaching
   black history in the state, as officials observed the arrival of
   enslaved Africans to what is now Virginia 400 years ago.
   Northam, who noted ``we are a state that for too long has told a false
   story of ourselves,'' spoke at the 2019 African Landing Commemorative
   Ceremony in Hampton. The event was part of a weekend of ceremonies that
   are unfolding in the backdrop of rising white nationalism across the
   country and a lingering scandal surrounding Northam and a blackface
   photo.

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