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‘White Power' Symbol Found After Fire Destroys Social Justice Center That Hosted Rosa Parks, MLK Jr.

Highlander's main office was home to decades' worth of documents, speeches and memorabilia that were lost in the fire, the center said on Facebook

A Tennessee social justice center that has hosted iconic civil rights leaders was destroyed in a fire and a "white power" symbol was found on the site, the center said and NBC News reported.

The symbol, which officials did not describe but said was connected to the white power movement, was discovered after the main office was completely destroyed in a fire last week, the Highlander Research and Education Center said in a news release Tuesday. It was spray-painted on the parking lot connected to the main office.

Highlander, 30 minutes east of Knoxville, has provided training and organizing efforts for emerging social justice movements in the South since 1932, when Myles Horton founded the Highlander Folk School. Famed civil rights leaders and social activists including Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Ralph Abernathy and Peter Seeger attended training events at the Highlander center.

Highlander's main office was home to decades' worth of documents, speeches and memorabilia that were lost in the fire, the center said on Facebook.

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