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 Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper.
Bakewell was born and raised in New Orleans, graduating from St. Augustine High School.
[1] He also served as President of The Brotherhood Crusade, a civil rights advocate organization, for over 30 years,[2] before stepping down to focus on his other projects.
[3] He purchased the Los Angeles Sentinel, the city's oldest and largest Black newspaper, in 2004.