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Founder Of African American History Museum Discovered Dead In Car Trunk

Sadie Roberts-Joseph was a prominent civil rights activist and community leader in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She founded the city's African American History Museum in 2001.
Sadie Roberts-Joseph founded the Baton Rouge African American History Museum in 2001. She was a prominent civil rights activist and community leader.

Police say they are searching for the "person or persons" responsible for the death of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, a prominent community activist in Baton Rouge, La. and the founder of the city's African American history museum.

Roberts-Joseph, who was 75, was discovered on Friday afternoon in the trunk of, investigators are waiting for a coroner to determine a cause of death.

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