Dr. John A. Somerville at a political meeting with Adlai E. Stevenson and others, 1950s

Title: Dr. John A. Somerville at a political meeting with Adlai E. Stevenson and others, 1950s
Alternative title: Somerville community activities (1)
Photographer: Smith, Irving C.
Date Created: [1950s]
Date: 1950/1960
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description: Adlai Ewing Stevenson was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of progressive causes in the Democratic Party. He received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 1952 and 1956 elections.
Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica, was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Group of men, including Dr. James A. Somerville (seated, left), and three women, seated and standing around a table with the politician Adlai E. Stevenson (seated, 2nd from left).
Caption: Photographer's stamp on back of photo: Please credit photo by Irving C. Smith

Genre: Portrait photographs
Names: Somerville, John Alexander, 1881-1973
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Resource type: still image
Subjects: African American civil rights workers
African American businesspeople
African American dentists