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Prominent African American Angelinos attending a party at a private home, Los Angeles, 1950s

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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.
Date:
[1950s]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Smith, Irving C.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Prominent African American Angelinos attending a party at a private home, Los Angeles, 1950s

Mary Mcleod Bethune, speaker at Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1938 (?)

Description:
Group portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune, event speaker, and 22 African Americans at the Second Baptist Church. Mrs. Bethune is in the front wearing a black dress and is leaning on the podium; Norman O. Houston is present (9th from right). On arch above the sanctuary is painted: "One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism".
Date:
[1938 (?)]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Mary Mcleod Bethune, speaker at Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 1938 (?)

Conference with mural artists at the home office of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Conference with the artists of the mural titled “The Negro in California History” at Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company (home office building) left to right: Verna Hickman, Head of Public Relations Department, Golden State Mutual; Titus Alexander, historian, pioneer citizen of Los Angeles, and member mural research committee; Hale Woodruff, artist; George Beavers, Jr., chairman of board, Golden State Mutual; Norman O. Houston, president, Golden State Mutual; Miriam Matthews, librarian, Washington Irving Branch Library, Los Angeles, and member of mural research committee; Charles Alston, artist; Edgar Johnson, secretary, Golden State Mutual.
Date:
September 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Conference with mural artists at the home office of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, Los Angeles, 1948

Visitor's Day at the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1940

Description:
George W. Granberry was an active member of the social life in Los Angeles. He earned a Business degree from the University of Southern California and was a leader and organizer of events for the Kappa Psi Fraternity. He worked as a real-estate broker, and was a veteran of World War II.
Date:
August 30, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Visitor's Day at the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1940

Unboxing of the "The Negro in California History" mural, by Charles Alston, at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., Los Angeles, 1949

Description:
Board Chairman George A. Beavers, Jr.; President Norman O. Houston; Controller Helen E. Batiste and architect Paul R. Williams view "The Negro in California History - Exploration and Colonization" mural, by Charles Alston, on the floor at the new Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. home office building, just after the panel was unpacked. Williams was the architect of the new Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. building completed in 1949.
Date:
August 1949
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Unboxing of the "The Negro in California History" mural, by Charles Alston, at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., Los Angeles, 1949