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 cofounder 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 minorityowned development firm on the West Coast He purchased the Los Angeles Sentinel the citys 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
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