New Zealand white supremacist carried a racist mark; same symbol found after civil rights center fire
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the main office Friday of the Highlander Center, an internationally known social-justice organization that hosted prominent leaders, including the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, during the civil-rights movement of the 1950s and '60s.
The building, about 25 miles northeast of Knoxville, Tennessee, in New Market, housed archives documenting the Highlander Center's history. It's unclear what documents were destroyed; the Wisconsin Historical Society preserves the center's documents and said the majority of the archives are safe.
In a news release Tuesday, the Highlander Center announced that a "symbol connected to the white power movement" was found spray-painted in the parking lot by the main office. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Coffey confirmed the symbol was found Friday and described it as "the hashtag symbol."
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