Danny Bakewell
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Daniel "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 New Orleans radio station WBOK
and the Los Angeles Sentinel
newspaper. He is currently Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
. At the age of 21, he dropped out of college and decided to move to Los Angeles
to pursue his career ambitions.
Bakewell is the co-founder of the National Black United Fund. He also served as President of The Brotherhood Crusade, a civil rights advocate organization, for over thirty years, before stepping down to focus on his other projects.
In recent years, Bakewell has been focused on expanding and diversifying his firm The Bakewell Company, which is the largest minority-owned development firm on the West Coast. He purchased the Los Angeles Sentinel
, the city's oldest and largest Black newspaper, in 2004. Soon after, in 2007, he purchased the New Orleans radio station WBOK
.
In 2009, Bakewell was elected Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
Bakewell and his family currently reside in Bradbury, California
.
United States
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civil rights activist and entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
. He is the owner of The Bakewell Company, which includes among its holdings the New Orleans radio station WBOK
WBOK
WBOK is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, the station serves the New Orleans area. The station is owned by Bakewell Media of Louisiana, LLC...
and the Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles Sentinel
The Los Angeles Sentinel is a weekly African American-owned newspaper published in Los Angeles, California. The paper boasts of reaching 125,000 readers , making it the oldest, largest and most influential African-American newspaper in the Western United States.The Sentinel was founded and first...
newspaper. He is currently Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
Early life and career
Bakewell was born and raised in New Orleans, graduating from St. Augustine High SchoolSt. Augustine High School
St. Augustine High School is a private Catholic high school for young men under the direction of the Order of Saint Augustine located in the North Park district of San Diego, California and founded in 1922. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego.Named after Saint Augustine of...
. At the age of 21, he dropped out of college and decided to move to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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to pursue his career ambitions.
Bakewell is the co-founder of the National Black United Fund. He also served as President of The Brotherhood Crusade, a civil rights advocate organization, for over thirty years, before stepping down to focus on his other projects.
In recent years, Bakewell has been focused on expanding and diversifying his firm The Bakewell Company, which is the largest minority-owned development firm on the West Coast. He purchased the Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles Sentinel
The Los Angeles Sentinel is a weekly African American-owned newspaper published in Los Angeles, California. The paper boasts of reaching 125,000 readers , making it the oldest, largest and most influential African-American newspaper in the Western United States.The Sentinel was founded and first...
, the city's oldest and largest Black newspaper, in 2004. Soon after, in 2007, he purchased the New Orleans radio station WBOK
WBOK
WBOK is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, the station serves the New Orleans area. The station is owned by Bakewell Media of Louisiana, LLC...
.
In 2009, Bakewell was elected Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
Personal life
Bakewell and his wife Aline have two adult children (Danny Jr. and Brandi) and four grandchildren.Bakewell and his family currently reside in Bradbury, California
Bradbury, California
Bradbury is a small, affluent city in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is located in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains below Angeles National Forest. Bradbury is bordered by the city of Monrovia to the west, and Duarte to the south and...
.