Feds charge alleged white supremacist over 2019 arson at Tennessee school that trained Rosa Parks
- In March 2019, a fire damaged the administrative office of a historic social justice organization located in New Market, Tennessee, known for its ties to the Civil Rights Movement.
- Investigations, complicated by opaque authorities, indicated the fire was a hate-motivated attack linked to white supremacist movements.
- Regan Prater was arrested in 2023 and charged with arson after posts connected him to white supremacist group chats discussing the attack.
- Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson said, "if their goal was to break our spirit, they failed miserably," underscoring the center's resilience.
- Highlander, known for training Civil Rights icons like Rosa Parks, plans to complete the rebuild of its office six years after the fire, reaffirming its mission.
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Alleged White Supremacist Charged In 2019 Arson Of Activist Center
Source: Just over six years ago, on March 29, 2019, a Tennessee social justice center that served as a training ground for civil rights legends like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks was tragically burned along with decades of archives. Last week, a suspect was finally arrested in connection with the burning, and, unsurprisingly, he has also been linked to a white supremacist movement as well as another arson. According to the Associate…
White Supremacist Is Charged in 2019 Arson at Tennessee Civil Rights Landmark - Overpasses For America
A Tennessee man with ties to several white supremacist groups has been charged with setting a fire in 2019 that destroyed the offices of a social justice center connected with Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., according to court records. In a federal criminal complaint that was unsealed on April 24, the F.B.I. said that the man, Regan Prater, 27, set fire to the main offices of the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Ten…
Suspect arrested over 2019 arson at East Tennessee center that trained Rosa Parks, John Lewis
NEW MARKET, Tenn. (WATE) — Federal authorities have arrested a suspect accused of setting fire to the Highlander Research and Education Center in Jefferson County, more than six years after the main offices of the social justice center that trained civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks and John Lewis were destroyed in the blaze. Regan Prater was arrested last Thursday and charged with one count of arson in connection to the March 2019 fire at fac…

Feds charge alleged white supremacist over 2019 arson at Tennessee school that trained Rosa Parks
A suspect whom authorities have linked to white supremacist movements has been arrested in the March 2019 fire that destroyed an office at a storied Tennessee social justice center.
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