The Legacy of Sadie Roberts-Joseph (2019)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2019-07-19
Duration: 00:06:26
Subjects: Roberts-Joseph, Sadie, 1944-2019
Contributors:
- Moreau, Andre Host
- Fortenberry, Rex Q. Editor
- Roberts-Joseph, Sadie Interviewee
- McAllister-LeDuff, Pat Interviewee
- Broome, Sharon Weston Interviewee
- Jackson, Fairleigh Interviewee
Description
This segment from the July 19, 2019, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Andre Moreau’s report on the legacy of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, a community activist and founder of the Odell S. Williams Now and Then African American Museum in Baton Rouge. Roberts-Joseph was murdered on July 12th at age 75. Moreau interviews: Pat McAllister-LeDuff, her niece; East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome; and Fairleigh Jackson, the executive director of Preserve Louisiana. This report also includes excerpts from a 2004 LPB interview with Roberts-Joseph.