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Rosa Parks Sign Defaced With Racist 'KKK' Graffiti

Authorities are investigating a possible hate crime after a sign honoring a civil rights hero was defaced in St. Louis. The Missouri Department of Transportation removed the sign marking "Rosa Parks Highway" because it had been spray-painted with

By David Edwards
01/20/12 10:15 am
dispatched their crime scene unit to investigate early Friday morning.

According to KSDK, the Ku Klux Klan had at one time sponsored the Adopt-A-Highway litter control program on that stretch of Interstate 55. But their sign was taken down after lawmakers dedicated the road to Parks.

(H/T: Think Progress)
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