Black & white photographs

An large unidentified co-ed group of African American men, women, and children and one white man seated in the center on the ground in the photograph on the grounds of Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Not many of the group are smiling. The first row sits on the ground. The second row is seated. The back rows are standing near the building.

A group photograph of the Missouri Baptist Young People's Department of African American Women's Convention just in front of the porch of Goins Hall on the Western Baptist Seminary campus at 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. There are a few African American men and children. There are mostly African American women and three white women. The first row sits in chairs and the following rows stand on the steps up to the porch. A sign above the porch attached to the balcony fence reads, "Goins Hall." Handwritten in white just below Goins Hall, "Missouri Baptist Young People's Dep't. of Women's Convention. Assembled at Western Seminary. July 23-28, 1945 Kansas City Mo."