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  2. Dunbar Hotel - Wikipedia

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    The Dunbar Hotel, originally known as the Hotel Somerville, was the focal point of the Central Avenue African-American community in Los Angeles, California, during the 1930s and 1940s. Built in 1928 by John Alexander Somerville , it was known for its first year as the Hotel Somerville.

  3. Vada Somerville - Wikipedia

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    After the stock market crashed and the hotel was bought from the Somervilles, the Hotel Somerville was renamed the Dunbar Hotel and soon after it became a museum with local and national landmark status. [12] By 1938, Vada had become an active member in the establishment of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Council of Negro Women. In 1948 ...

  4. John Alexander Somerville - Wikipedia

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    John Alexander Somerville, D.D.S. (1882 – February 11, 1972) was an African American Civil rights activist, dentist, and entrepreneur.A well-known community figure in Los Angeles, Somerville was an accomplished dentist who went on to co-found the Los Angeles branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

  5. Central Avenue (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia

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    Dunbar Hotel, 2008. In the 1200 block of Central Avenue is the 1930s era Streamline Modern Los Angeles bottling plant of the Coca-Cola company, designed to resemble an ocean liner, complete with porthole windows and metal-railed catwalks. It was declared Los Angeles Historic-cultural Monument #138 in 1975. [12]

  6. List of African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses

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    California Hotel in Oakland, California; Douglas Hotel in San Diego, California [9] Dunbar Hotel in Los Angeles, California; Powell Hotel in the Financial District, San Francisco, California [8] Pullman Hotel at 236 Townsend Street in SoMA, San Francisco, California [10] Madame C.J. Walker Home for Girls and Women in San Francisco, California ...

  7. Ralph J. Bunche House - Wikipedia

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    The Dr. Ralph J. Bunche Peace and Heritage Center Oral History Project was a joint venture with UCLA intended to collect oral histories on Bunche's life in Los Angeles as well as the Central Avenue and Dunbar Hotel community in South Los Angeles. The oral histories collected by the project were displayed at the Ralph J. Bunche House until about ...

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