Banner Promoting Hate Group Posted At App State

A banner promoting a pro-white group was found at Appalachian State University.

Someone put up a recruitment sign at App State on Tuesday night for Identity Evropa, an organization classified by civil rights advocates as a white nationalist hate group.

Chancellor Sheri Everts said that two white men posted a banner on a pedestrian bridge that read, “A New Dawn Is Breaking, Rise And Get Active, Identity Evropa.”

The Winston-Salem Journal reports two other white men removed the banner within 20 minutes. App State police say they haven't found a connection between the banner and any student organization.

Chancellor Everts says she and other administration officials have spoken with students about the incident.

She says the school will continue to work closely with the Student Government Association to address concerns about the university being targeted by outside agitators.