Weekly African-American newspaper in Los Angeles, California
TheLos Angeles Sentinel African-American owned newspaper published inLos Angeles, California . The paper boasted of reaching 125,000 readers as of 2004[update] African-American newspapers in theWestern United States . TheSentinel was also noted for their coverage of the changingAfrican-American daily life experience in the post-1992 Los Angeles Riots era.[ 1]
TheSentinel was founded in 1933 byLeon H. Washington Jr. for Black readers.[ 2] [ 3] circulation in the predominantlyAfrican-American neighborhoods ofSouth Los Angeles ,Inglewood andCompton . The office is onCrenshaw Boulevard with commercial corridor in theHyde Park neighborhood which is known as "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles".
On March 17, 2004, theSentinel was purchased and came under the direction ofreal estate developer andcommunity activist Danny Bakewell .[ 4] [ 5]
Larry Aubry , columnist, activist, known as the "conscience of Black LA"Robert C. Farrell (born 1936), journalist and member of the Los Angeles City Council, 1974–91Gertrude Gipson , editor and columnistBrad Pye, Jr. (born 1931), sports and managing editor city editor, columnist (Prying Pye), radio sports broadcast journalist.Patricia "Pat" Newman (1935–1981) journalist, hostess ofPat'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[ 6] ^ Thornton, Michael C. (2011). "Meaningful Dialogue? The Los Angeles Sentinel's Depiction of Black and Asian American Relations, 1993-2000".Journal of Black Studies .42 (8):1275– 1298.doi :10.1177/0021934711410316 .JSTOR 41304584 .S2CID 145117951 . ^ Hodder, Kevin (December 18, 2011)."Leon H. Washington Jr. (1907-1974)" .The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed . RetrievedDecember 25, 2019 . ^ Carr, Elston (June 13, 1993)."CRENSHAW : Los Angeles Sentinel to Relocate Offices" .Los Angeles Times . RetrievedSeptember 2, 2020 . ^ "Danny Bakewell takes over Sentinel" .L.A. Observed . November 25, 2005. Archived fromthe original on November 25, 2005. RetrievedMay 31, 2020 .^ Zavala, Val (January 1, 2005)."Life & Times Transcripts: 05/17/04 - Includes interview with Danny Bakewell" .KCET Life and Times . Archived fromthe original on January 1, 2005. RetrievedMay 31, 2020 . ^ Jackson-Fossett, Cora (October 10, 2019)."Black Political Cartoonist Heightens Awareness of Current Events" .Los Angeles Sentinel .
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