Sadie Roberts Joseph African-American historical museum vandalized
BATON ROUGE- Sadie Roberts Joseph's historical museum was vandalized less than two weeks after her black history month tribute.
The Baton Rouge community activist founded the Baton Rouge Odell S. Williams Now & Then Museum of African-American History in 2001.
Nearly a year after her tragic murder, she was honored at BREC's Black History Month Celebration less than two weeks ago on Feb. 18, 2020.
Hundreds of people joined to commemorate Roberts-Joseph’s life by continuing to preserve history, just as she did her whole life.
Friday evening, WBRZ received photos showing a defaced graphic at the museum, which is now run by her son Jason Roberts.
The painted beams with historical information were spray-painted with racist sentiments.
The exhibit shows the total population, the total number of enslaved people and the number freed from slavery.
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The vandal used spray paint to cross out the words "Total # Enslaved" and replaced it with "Not Enough."