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. Fay Jackson was a journalist and a public relations expert. Fay Jackson (left) and Dr. Vada Somerville with a girl and boy, with a stand of trees in the background.
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African American journalists African American civil rights workers African American dentists Jackson, Fay M., 1902-1979 Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972
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