group of women and children surround Josephine Wright and Mary Virginia Jacobs

Description

A group of African American women and children sit on a striped couch. Mary Virginia Jacobs (seated middle), and Josephine Wright (seated far right), with two unidentified adults of color seated to their right. A girl sits between Mary Virginia and Josephine. A girl and boy sit on the back of the couch above.
No date; between 1939 and 1941
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Kansas City politician Leon Jordan is related to Josephine Wright (maternal aunt) and Mary Virginia Jacobs (maternal grandmother). Stamped on back, "Photographed by J.B. Anderson."