Danny Bakewell Sr.

Biography

Danny Joseph Bakewell, born in 1946, is a civil rights activist and entrepreneur with a storied career. As co-founder of the National Black United Fund and former President of The Brotherhood Crusade, Bakewell has dedicated his life to social justice. He is currently Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association and has expanded his firm, The Bakewell Company, into a prominent minority-owned development firm.