Dr. Vada Somerville receives an award from County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, Los Angeles, 1960s
Item Overview
- Title
- Dr. Vada Somerville receives an award from County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, Los Angeles, 1960s
- Alternative title
- Somerville community activities (1)
- Date Created
- [1960s]
- Date
- 1960/1970
- Collection
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Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Notes
- Description
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Dr. Vada Somerville (born Vada Jetmore Watson) of Pomona graduated from USC, married dentist John Alexander Somerville (1912), was the first African American woman and the second African American person to graduate from USC School of Dentistry (1918), and was the first African American woman certified to practice dentistry in the state of California. She was a civil rights activist, highly involved in several civic and community organizations.
Kenneth Hahn (1920–1997) was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years, from 1952 to 1992. Hahn was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1947 to 1952. He was an ardent supporter of civil rights throughout the 1960s, and met Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1961.
Dr. Vada Somerville (center) receives an Award from Los Angeles County from County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn (2nd from left) with 6 other men attending.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
Keywords
- Genre
- Portrait photographs
- Names
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Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors
Hahn, Kenneth
Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972 - Subject Geographic
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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African American civil rights workers
Award presentations
African American businesspeople
African American dentists
City council members