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). Photographer's stamp on back of photo: Please credit photo by Irving C. Smith
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African American civil rights workers African American businesspeople African American dentists Somerville, John Alexander, 1881-1973 Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
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