Danny Bakewell Sr.

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Danny Bakewell Sr.

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Jan 01, 1946 (79 years old)

Danny Bakewell Sr.

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LA 92
1h 54m
Movie 2017

LA 92

Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial...

The L.A. Riots: 25 Years Later
1h 26m
Movie 2017

The L.A. Riots: 25 Years Later

HISTORY brings you an all-encompassing documentary event cantered around the...

Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
1h 30m
Movie 2017

Burn Motherfucker, Burn!

An in-depth and provocative look at the 1992 Los Angeles...

O.J.: Made in America
1h 30m
TV Show 2016

O.J.: Made in America

The rise and fall of American football star, O.J. Simpson,...

O.J.: Made in America
7h 47m
Movie 2016

O.J.: Made in America

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson,...

Biography

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. Bakewell was born and raised in New Orleans, graduating from St. Augustine High School. 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia