The ''Los Angeles Sentinel'' is a weekly African-American owned newspaper published in

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. The paper boasts of reaching 125,000 readers , making it one of the oldest, largest and most influential

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in the

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. The ''Sentinel'' was also noted for their coverage of the changing

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daily life experience in the post-1992 Los Angeles Riots era. The ''Sentinel'' was founded in 1933 by

Leon H. Washington Jr. Leon H. Washington Jr. (April 15, 1907 – June 17, 1974) was an American newspaper publisher. He was the founder and first publisher of the ''Los Angeles Sentinel'', an African-American newspaper in Los Angeles, California. Early life Born in Ka ...

for Black readers. Since that time, the newspaper has been considered a staple of Black life in Los Angeles. The paper mainly focuses on and thus enjoys most of its circulation in the predominantly

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s of

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, Inglewood and

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. The office is on

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with commercial corridor in the Hyde Park neighborhood which is known as "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles". On March 17, 2004, the ''Sentinel'' was purchased and came under the direction of

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and

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Danny Bakewell Danny Joseph Bakewell (born 1946) is an American civil rights activist and entrepreneur. He is the owner of The Bakewell Company, which includes among its holdings the ''Los Angeles Sentinel'' newspaper. He has been Chairman of the National Newspa ...

. He planned to provide the diversity of thought that exists among African-Americans with opinion columns and editorials. He also wanted to cover business and reach young people.

Notable people

Larry Aubry Larry Aubry (1933 – May 16, 2020) was a columnist for the ''Los Angeles Sentinel'' for 33 years, and an African-American activist in South Central Los Angeles. Early life and education Aubry was born in New Orleans in 1933 and moved to Los Ang ...

, columnist, activist, known as the "Conscious of Black LA *

Robert C. Farrell Robert C. Farrell (born October 1, 1936) is a politician who was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1974 until 1991. Previously, he was a journalist and newspaper publisher. Biography Farrell was born in Natchez, Mississippi, on Octob ...

(born 1936), journalist and member of the Los Angeles City Council, 1974–91 *

Gertrude Gipson Gertrude Gipson Penland was an African-American syndicated columnist, editor, nightclub owner, publicist, and civil rights activist. Early life Born Gertrude Estelle Lomax in Ocean City, New Jersey, in July, 1923, a Cancerian, she moved to Los An ...

, editor and columnist * Brad Pye, Jr. (born 1931), sports and managing editor city editor, columnist (Prying Pye), radio sports broadcast journalist. * Patricia "Pat" Newman (1935-1981) journalist, hostess of "Pat's Points" Sunday morning talk show, community activist, feminist. * David Glenn Brown (born 1954) award-winning political cartoonist, educator and Publisher. NAACP Image award 2009. Sentinel Political Cartoonist 2003–present

References

External links

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The ''Sacramento Observer'' - Danny Bakewell Gains Control Of ''L.A. Sentinel''
African-American history in Los Angeles African-American newspapers

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