A statue of black tennis legend Arthur Ashe in Virginia has been vandalised with the words "White Lives Matter".
Photos show the base of the statue in Richmond tagged with white spray paint and the words "white lives matter" as well as the initials "WLM."
The initials were then later painted over with "BLM".
Richmond Police said they were alerted to the vandalism on Wednesday morning.
Police say red paint on the statue was already being cleaned off by community members.
The Arthur Ashe monument was unveiled in 1996 to memorialise the Richmond native and counterbalance the string of statues on Monument Avenue dedicated to Confederate leaders.
Ashe, who died in 1993 aged 49, was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the first black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open.
Police said they have information on possible suspects and are asking the community to call the Crimestoppers line if they have information about who is responsible for the vandalism.
The vandalism of the Ashe statue comes as multiple Confederate statues have been toppled, vandalised and slated for removal in the city during protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
In the UK, two slave trader statues have been removed - one by campaigners at an anti-racism protest and another with the approval of a local authority following a petition.
A statue of slave owner Robert Milligan was removed from its position in the docks he founded at West India Quay, east London.
This followed demonstrators in Bristol tearing a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston from its plinth and rolling it into the harbour.
Labour-led councils across England and Wales have now agreed to work with their local communities to look at the "appropriateness" of certain monuments and statues.