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Dr. Vada Somerville receives an award from County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, Los Angeles, 1960s

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Title: Dr. Vada Somerville receives an award from County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, Los Angeles, 1960s
Alternative Title: Somerville community activities (1)
Date Created and/or Issued: [1960s]
1960/1970
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: 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.
Stamp on back of photo: From Supervisor Kenneth Hahn
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b14_f10_006a.tif
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Subject: African American civil rights workers
Award presentations
African American businesspeople
African American dentists
City council members
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors
Hahn, Kenneth
Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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