Benches were smashed, gardens trampled, a fountain destroyed and other artifacts damaged at the Odell S. Williams Now and Then African American Museum in Baton Rouge.
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, the founder of the museum, was killed last month, and her body was discovered in the trunk of her car. A tenant in one her rental homes has been charged with first-degree murder.Police are checking for possible surveillance video of the vandalism.Baton Rouge police spokesman Sgt. L'Jean McKneely said that the vandalism was reported Monday and that police believe it happened over the weekend.
"Just to see it vandalized is heartbreaking."Roberts-Joseph, 75, founded the museum in 2001 after Baton Rouge refused to make black history a mandatory part of schools' curriculum. The four-room building features paintings of black inventors and honored African Americans in Louisiana and around the world. A bus outside tells the story of the Baton Rouge bus boycott.Roberts-Joseph's son told WBRZ that he was aware of the vandalism.The museum was founded in 2001.
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