LAWNSIDE, N.J. (WPVI) — A local business owner is taking action to help right a racist wrong in Camden County, New Jersey.

Last weekend, a Lawnside resident woke up to realize someone had done just that. He spray-painted a terrible insult on his fence.

Fence USA’s Nick Amechi saw the story about this horrific incident posted on Action News and reached out in hopes of helping.

Although much of the graffiti has been erased or painted over, remnants of what happened still remain.

The fence belongs to Dawn Hines, who has lived in a black community for 20 years.

Discovered racist, disgusting graffiti over the weekend.

Hines immediately called the police, and his neighbors began coming out in groups to oppose the hate.

Lawnside was the first independent, self-governing African American municipality north of the Mason-Dixon Line. The roots of society are deep and this will not be tolerated.

And Amechi decided to do something about it by replacing the fence.

The Camden County Eastern NAACP is hosting a meeting this weekend at Lawnside Borough Hall.