Cooper was in the different Chi Psi fraternity did not feature on their pages
He did have his photo in the same yearbook however
It came days after he called for Virginia Governor Northam to resign after racist images emerged in his yearbook
By Leah Simpson For Dailymail.com
Published: 22:33 EST, 6 February 2019 | Updated: 09:04 EST, 7 February 2019
Horrifying blackface and lynching images from North Carolina Democrat Roy Cooper’s yearbook have emerged just days after he called on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign over racist images in his yearbook.
The pictures surfaced Wednesday showing what's believed to be two members of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill's Chi Phi fraternity donning white robes, similar to those worn by the Ku Klux Klan, and depicting a lynching with a man donning blackface.
Aside from the shot where they use a lighting fixture with a noose, the two-page spread for the frat shows a woman kissing a man's cheek and they too have their faces blacked up in the black-and-white pictures.
There is no suggestion that Cooper is in any of those photos but they feature in his 1979 yearbook.
Chapel Hill condemned the photos Wednesday with Vice Chancellor for Communications, Joel Curran, telling DailyMail.com in a statement: 'The photos found in the 1979 student yearbook are abhorrent.'
Horrifying images emerged Wednesday show what's believed to be two members of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill's Chi Phi fraternity in racist pictures from a 1979 yearbook
Another photograph on the 1979 yearbook pages show two people blacked up
Roy Cooper in 1979 yearbook
Democrat Governor Roy Cooper
Democrat Governor Roy Cooper appeared on another page in the yearbook (left)
The images resurfaced after on February 2, Cooper tweeted about Governor Northam: 'This is a reprehensible picture that is deeply disappointing and I know must come with pain beyond what many of us can even understand, Resignation is the only way forward'
Curran continued: 'We fully and wholly condemn both the photos and the racist behavior they depict. That kind of behavior has no place on our campus now or then.'
It comes on the same day Virginia's third-ranking official revealed he too wore blackface in the 1980s and a woman claimed she was forced to perform oral sex on the state's Justin Fairfax, who many have said should replace Northam.
Around the offensive images, students can be seen drinking and dancing in celebration. There is also one class photo.
Cooper was a member of a different fraternity, Chi Psi, and while the 61-year-old from Nashville is indeed pictured in his yearbook edition, he does not feature on his frat page according to a list of students who don't appear.
Some Twitter users pointed out that he was a 'big difference' between the behavior of the two fraternities.
One appeared to suggest the presence of some black students backed up idea that racist culture was not present in the frat.
Mr McFritters wrote: 'Roy Cooper was a Chi Psi. Not a Chi Phi. We had a few African American members.'
The image (bottom right on left page) shows two people wearing white robes similar to those worn by the Ku Klux Klan, depicting a lynching with a man donning blackface. The other (top left on right page) is also and Chapel Hill denounced the photographs from 40 years ago
Cooper appeared (circled) in the same book as the image the university has since labeled 'abhorrent' and said they 'wholly condemn'
Cooper's fraternity pages seemed to center around their sports activities
UNC Democrats join John Ingram in campaigning for Senator Roy Cooper (left)