National Training School, Trades Hall Entrance
A photograph showing the entrance to the former Trades Hall, now an office building for the Progressive National Baptist Convention. The brick building features the organization's name listed in lettering, as well as an accessible ramp to the front doors.
The Progressive National Baptist Convention and National Training School for Women and Girls Historic District: The buildings and archway date to the school founded by civil rights and education leader Nannie Helen Burroughs.
Nannie Helen Burroughs, a leader in advocating for African American women’s education and a civil rights activist, combined her education and leadership roles in the National Baptist Convention with…