STEM – Dentists
James W. Holley III (1926-2012)
James W. Holley III was the first African American mayor of his hometown, Portsmouth, Virginia. He was born in Portsmouth...
Richard John Warrick, Jr. (1880-1957)
Born on December 29, 1880, Richard John Warrick Jr. was one of six founding members of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity,...
Joshua J. Wright II (1929-2017)
Joshua J. Wright II was a dentist and politician in Anchorage, Alaska. In 1970 he was one of the first...
Vada Watson Somerville (1885-1972)
Vada Somerville was the first African American female dentist educated at the University of Southern California School of dentistry, and...
Ida Gray Nelson Rollins (1867-1953)
Ida Gray Nelson Rollins, the first African American female dentist, was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, on March 4, 1867. She...
Lonnie E. Smith (1901-1971)
Lonnie Smith was a well-known dentist in Houston, Texas, an officer in the Houston branch of the National Association for...
Cubah Cornwallis (?-1848)
Cubah Cornwallis was a former slave to Captain William Cornwallis and became well known in the Caribbean as an accomplished...
National Medical Association (1895- )
The National Medical Association (NMA) was founded in 1895 by African American physicians as an alternative to the white-only American...
J. Max Barber (1878-1949)
Jesse Max Barber, journalist, dentist, and civil rights leader, was born on July 5, 1878 in Blackstock, South Carolina to...
