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Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama apologized to legislators and state residents for having participated in a racist skit while a student at Auburn University in the 1960s, AL.com reported. Audio was revealed Thursday of a radio interview in which Ivey and her then fiancé described her donning blackface for a skit at a Baptist Student Union party. "I fully acknowledge -- with genuine remorse -- my participation in a skit like that back when I was a senior in college," Ivey said.