If you’ve ever met Sadie Roberts-Joseph, you would remember the way her eyes sparkled when she talked about African American history, and you’d remember how Juneteenth being celebrated across Louisiana was her legacy. When you met her family and friends, you’d realize that the grand opening of the Baton Rouge African American Museum during Juneteenth does more than honor her.
It cements decades of her life’s work that championed history as a uniter of community and evidence of generations of greatness.
“We want to be able to give the story that our people have lived through and our people have endured and prospered from. And I think that that is just a continuation of her mission. She gave the gift, we just wrapped it, and we will give it to the city of Baton Rouge on Friday, Juneteenth,” said Jason Shi Roberts, museum curator and Roberts-Joseph’s son…