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Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Arson at Historic Center

2/8/2026

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Regan Prater, a Tennessee man, pleaded guilty to arson for the March 29, 2019 attack on the Highlander Research and Education Center.
The Highlander center is linked to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., and Prater is associated with white supremacist groups.
Prater broke in, used a sparkler bomb, and spray-painted a symbol associated with the Nazi Party.
The attack was motivated by his extremist beliefs.

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Regan Prater, a Tennessee man, pleaded guilty to arson for the March 29, 2019 attack on the Highlander Research and Education Center.
The Highlander center is linked to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., and Prater is associated with white supremacist groups.
Prater broke in, used a sparkler bomb, and spray-painted a symbol associated with the Nazi Party.
The attack was motivated by his extremist beliefs.