LAWNSIDE, NJ (WPVI) — A local business owner is pushing to help right a racist wrong in Camden County, New Jersey.

Last weekend, a Lawnside resident woke up to find someone had spray painted a terrible slur on her fence.

Nick Amechi of Fence USA saw the story about this horrific incident on Action News and reached out, hoping to help.

“I found out about the story this weekend via 6abc. Our mission as a company at Fence USA is to help people,” said Amechi.

While much of the graffiti has been cleaned or painted over, remnants of what happened remain.

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

She discovered the racist and disgusting graffiti over the weekend.

Hines immediately notified the police, and her neighbors began to come out en masse to confront such hatred.

“Everyone who knows me knows I’m always smiling. They call me ‘happy’, but I haven’t been smiling lately. Is this right here? I’m definitely smiling inside!” Hines said.

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

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

“It wipes out the hate, it brings in the love. This right here exemplifies all of that,” Hines said.

Police are investigating, but so far no one has been charged.

Meanwhile, the Camden County East NAACP is hosting a meeting this weekend about the incident at Lawnside Borough Hall.