A mural celebrating African American history at Dorsey Park in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood has been defaced with racist graffiti, including a swastika and the N-word, according to organizers of the project.
The vandalism appeared on a section of the mural at NW 17th St. and NW 1st Ave., part of a historic public art effort led by the MLK Mural Project, Urgent Inc., and Touching Miami with Love.
Painted in 2012, the mural was created to honor the cultural legacy of Dorsey Park, once home to the Negro Leagues’ Ethiopian Clowns…