BATON ROUGE – It’s a cemetery many people drive by without knowing the history it holds, or the condition it’s in.
The Sweet Olive Cemetery houses over 5,000 graves, but you wouldn’t know that looking at it; they’re hidden under years of neglect, swallowed by overgrown weeds and time.
Established in 1850, Sweet Olive is a sacred resting place for generations of African Americans, including slaves, soldiers, pastors and families…