But while white students at a nearby high school would skip prom for a private whites-only party, Custis said, Onancock’s prom was attended by black and white students alike. Rossano Smith ...

Image Dennis Custis, who taught history at Onancock High School when Mr. Northam was a ... Mr. Northam’s great-great grandfather, James Northam, was among the Eastern Shore’s slave owners.

Ralph Northam. Terry Smoot, a high school classmate of Northam’s, found himself at the center of an internet conspiracy theory when a photo from their 1977 Onancock High School yearbook surfaced ...