Archive of material relating to Danny Bakewell and the Brotherhood Crusade, circa mid 1980s
- N.p.: N.p., 1985
N.p.: N.p., 1985. Archive of over 100 pages of material relating to the Brotherhood Crusade, specifically business documents, a Brotherhood Crusade folder containing booklets, inserts, posters, stickers, flyers, and a bumper sticker, all circa 1983-1985. Laid in is a piece of juvenalia dated "1-8-64," a four-page working essay on Charles Dickens, presumably written by a young Danny Bakewell at 17 or 18 years of age.
The archive of Bakewell's Brotherhood Crusade business materials contain over 100 pages of business documents from 1983 to 1985, including drafts of Bakewell's biography and resume, Brotherhood Crusade press announcements, various detailed senior leadership job descriptions, a Brotherhood Crusade senior leadership flowchart, and multiple Organization of Health and Management Services (OHMS) Session statements, who apparently were utilized for consultation, printing and editing job descriptions and offerings, Bakewell's aforementioned bio and resume, and various other editing and printing needs for Brotherhood Crusade's senior leadership. The archive includes an abundance of handwritten material, as well as ribbon typescript copy and carbon typescript copy documents, as well as Xerographically duplicated documents, nearly all heavily annotated, all in a generic manilla folder labeled "Bakewell, Danny J. / c/o Brotherhood Crusade / 200 E. Slauson / Los Angeles, CA 90011."
The Brotherhood Crusade folder, a two-color bi-fold with two interior pockets, circa 1985, contains: a Brotherhood Crusade mission book. "The Brotherhood Crusade Honors Louis Gossett, Jr." book (1984). Five fact sheets. An "I [heart] Give To The Brotherhood Crusade" bumper sticker. Four "I Believe In Brotherhood" stickers. A "You Support Your Total Community" poster. A "Your Contribution Makes A Difference" poster. And two copies of a flyer for a "Benefit Show and Dance for Babalosha Akin," held at the Omowale Malcom X Cultural Center."
An intrepid civil rights activist and entrepreneur, Danny Bakewell, owner of The Bakewell Company (the largest minority-owned development firm on the West Coast, which includes among its holdings the legendary Black newspaper, the Los Angeles Sentinel), is the co-founder of the National Black United Fund, and served as President for The Brotherhood Crusade for over 30 years, retiring in 2005. Since 2009 Bakewell has served as Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), and for 19 years has hosted the biggest family friendly annual food and music festival on the West Coast, Crensaw's "Taste of Soul," which began in 2006.
In 1968, partly in response to the 1965 Watts riots, Walter Bremond, and other members of the Los Angeles Black Congress, established the Brotherhood Crusade, a grassroots non-profit to serve as a framework for charitable fundraising from within the community, focusing on self-help, empowerment, and social change. In 1973 Bakewell was appointed President and CEO, and the Brotherhood Crusade launched the Black United Fund, a self-help economic empowerment entity, which received much of it's original funding through voluntary payroll deductions. Under Bakewell's leadership, The Brotherhood Crusade became one of the premiere institutions of its kind in the country, which has since distributed more than $40 million in the South Los Angeles community, and provides human and social services to more than 100,000 South Los Angeles residents annually.
Documents, 8.5 x 5.5 inches to 8.5 x 14 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine.
Brotherhood Crusade folder, 9 x 12 inches. Very Good plus,
Folder Contents. Near Fine.
The archive of Bakewell's Brotherhood Crusade business materials contain over 100 pages of business documents from 1983 to 1985, including drafts of Bakewell's biography and resume, Brotherhood Crusade press announcements, various detailed senior leadership job descriptions, a Brotherhood Crusade senior leadership flowchart, and multiple Organization of Health and Management Services (OHMS) Session statements, who apparently were utilized for consultation, printing and editing job descriptions and offerings, Bakewell's aforementioned bio and resume, and various other editing and printing needs for Brotherhood Crusade's senior leadership. The archive includes an abundance of handwritten material, as well as ribbon typescript copy and carbon typescript copy documents, as well as Xerographically duplicated documents, nearly all heavily annotated, all in a generic manilla folder labeled "Bakewell, Danny J. / c/o Brotherhood Crusade / 200 E. Slauson / Los Angeles, CA 90011."
The Brotherhood Crusade folder, a two-color bi-fold with two interior pockets, circa 1985, contains: a Brotherhood Crusade mission book. "The Brotherhood Crusade Honors Louis Gossett, Jr." book (1984). Five fact sheets. An "I [heart] Give To The Brotherhood Crusade" bumper sticker. Four "I Believe In Brotherhood" stickers. A "You Support Your Total Community" poster. A "Your Contribution Makes A Difference" poster. And two copies of a flyer for a "Benefit Show and Dance for Babalosha Akin," held at the Omowale Malcom X Cultural Center."
An intrepid civil rights activist and entrepreneur, Danny Bakewell, owner of The Bakewell Company (the largest minority-owned development firm on the West Coast, which includes among its holdings the legendary Black newspaper, the Los Angeles Sentinel), is the co-founder of the National Black United Fund, and served as President for The Brotherhood Crusade for over 30 years, retiring in 2005. Since 2009 Bakewell has served as Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), and for 19 years has hosted the biggest family friendly annual food and music festival on the West Coast, Crensaw's "Taste of Soul," which began in 2006.
In 1968, partly in response to the 1965 Watts riots, Walter Bremond, and other members of the Los Angeles Black Congress, established the Brotherhood Crusade, a grassroots non-profit to serve as a framework for charitable fundraising from within the community, focusing on self-help, empowerment, and social change. In 1973 Bakewell was appointed President and CEO, and the Brotherhood Crusade launched the Black United Fund, a self-help economic empowerment entity, which received much of it's original funding through voluntary payroll deductions. Under Bakewell's leadership, The Brotherhood Crusade became one of the premiere institutions of its kind in the country, which has since distributed more than $40 million in the South Los Angeles community, and provides human and social services to more than 100,000 South Los Angeles residents annually.
Documents, 8.5 x 5.5 inches to 8.5 x 14 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine.
Brotherhood Crusade folder, 9 x 12 inches. Very Good plus,
Folder Contents. Near Fine.