Reverend George Lyon Pratt was the rector of the Church of the Advent, beginning in 1946 (saving it from bankruptcy). 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. Norman O. Houston was a founding member and president of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, which at one time was the largest black-owned business west of the Mississippi. Three founding members of the Los Angeles Community Concert Association (left to right): George Lyon Pratt, Dr. Vada Somerville and Norman O. Houston. Written on back of photo: L.A. Com. Concert Assn-1st year, Left to right: Gather Geo. Lyon Pratt, Dr. Vada Somerville and Norman O. Houston / C3665 / Photographer's stamp: Rothschild / Photo / Los Angeles / Du. 7-2284
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African American civic leaders Insurance executives African American businesspeople African American dentists African American clergy Houston, Norman O. (Norman Oliver), 1893-1981 Pratt, George Lyon Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972
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