An 8-foot spirit rock outside a South Carolina high school has a bright, new message of solidarity after students replaced a racist message left by a vandal.
Less than a week after a judge in Rock Hill righted a wrong of the Jim Crow era, someone used white spray paint to scrawl “Happy N***er Month KKK” on the rock outside the city’s South Pointe High School, an apparent reference to the start of Black History Month.
The crime likely happened overnight Saturday. A school employee noticed the vandalism Sunday, according to a police incident report, and a maintenance worker quickly painted over the graffiti.
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“Justice served is the greatest interest of man on earth,” Judge John C. Hayes III said about his move to officially vacate the convictions.
Hayes is the nephew of the judge who presided over the case.
“We cannot rewrite history, but we can right history,” Hayes said.
