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 one of the oldest, largest and most influential
African-American newspapers in the
Western United States. The ''Sentinel'' was also noted for their coverage of the changing
African-American daily life experience in the post-1992 Los Angeles Riots era.
The ''Sentinel'' was founded in 1933 by
Leon H. Washington Jr. 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
African-American neighborhoods of
South Los Angeles,
Inglewood and
Compton. The office is on
Crenshaw Boulevard 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
real estate developer and
community activist Danny Bakewell. 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
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Larry Aubry, columnist, activist, known as the "Conscious of Black LA
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Robert C. Farrell (born 1936), journalist and member of the Los Angeles City Council, 1974–91
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Gertrude Gipson, editor and columnist
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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
Black Cartoonist current events
lasentinel.net; accessed February 11, 2020.
References
External links
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The ''Sacramento Observer'' - Danny Bakewell Gains Control Of ''L.A. Sentinel''
Category:African-American history in Los Angeles
Category:African-American newspapers
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