Los Angeles Sentinel

CTL-E-0694 · Publication · other · 1933-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Los Angeles weekly founded 1933; the largest paid-subscription Black-owned weekly on the West Coast; owned since 2004 by Danny Bakewell.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-067; source research type(s): Publication.

Sources

Wikipedia (Los Angeles Sentinel); lasentinel.net/about; African American Registry; BlackAmericaWeb, 2018
BlackAmericaWeb, 2018; lasentinel.net/about (primary source)
lasentinel.net/about; Wikipedia (Los Angeles Sentinel) (primary source)
Wikipedia (Los Angeles Sentinel); lasentinel.net/about (primary source)

Record CTL-E-0694 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 4 sources (3 primary) · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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