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Dr. Johnny Mickens III, right, the great-grandson of Maggie L. Walker, and his daughter, Liza Mickens, survey the damage discovered Aug. 3 at Mrs. Walker’s gravesite in historic Evergreen Cemetery. Her headstone, entrances to the gravesite and the entrance to Sir Moses Montefiore Cemetery, a historic Jewish cemetery, were spraypainted with “777,” numbers that are linked to white supremacist groups.

Dr. Johnny Mickens III, right, the great-grandson of Maggie L. Walker, and his daughter, Liza Mickens, survey the damage discovered Aug. 3 at Mrs. Walker’s gravesite in historic Evergreen Cemetery. Her headstone, entrances to the gravesite and the entrance to Sir Moses Montefiore Cemetery, a historic Jewish cemetery, were spraypainted with “777,” numbers that are linked to white supremacist groups.

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