Leon H. Washington

CTL-E-4249 · Person · journalist · 1933-1974

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Founder of the Los Angeles Sentinel (1933); Kansas native who moved west in 1930 and worked for the California Eagle before founding the paper; enshrined with his wife Ruth in the NNPA Black publishers' archives at Howard University.

The record

Also known as: Col. Leon H. Washington Jr., Leon Howard Washington Jr.

Notes

RELP97 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-0694 founded_by. Identity-checked 2026-10-06: no collision.

Referenced by

Los Angeles Sentinel — founded by → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Los Angeles Sentinel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sentinel
BlackAmericaWeb, 'Little Known Black History Fact: Los Angeles Sentinel' (2018-03-15). https://blackamericaweb.com/2018/03/15/little-known-black-history-fact-los-angeles-sentinel/

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