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Baton Rouge African American history museum vandalized

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Posted at 9:52 PM, Feb 29, 2020
and last updated 2020-02-29 22:52:50-05

In Baton Rouge, a historical African American history museum has been vandalized.

A display at the Odell S. Williams Now and Then Museum was spray painted with a racist remark, WBRZ reports.

The display shows the total number of enslaved people and the number freed from slavery.

Someone crossed out the words "Total # enslaved" and replaced it with the words "Not enough."

The museum was founded by Sadie Roberts Joseph, a community activist in Baton Rouge who was killed last year.