Samuel W. Bacote

Baptist Minister, 1866-1946

Samuel W. Bacote

The son of former slaves, Samuel W. Bacote in 1895 became pastor at the Second Baptist Church, one of Kansas City’s oldest and largest African American congregations. Bacote had degrees from Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, the Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and received his doctorate in divinity from Kansas City University, Kansas City, Kansas.

Instrumental in establishing the Western Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Bacote was considered the “dean of Baptist ministers in the Midwest.” He edited the book Who’s Who Among the Colored Baptists of the United States (1913), and served at his church until his death.

*Kansas City Call editor and publisher Lucile Harris Bluford (1911-2003) from a high school senior picture. (Photo/Courtesy of The Black Archives of Mid-America)*

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Samuel W. Bacote

Samuel W. Bacote

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