The grant will be administered over the next 2 years ... read more »

The Brotherhood Crusade showed another story of athletes in activism when they hosted an intimate conversation between two-time NBA champion Craig Hodges and Olympic gold medalist Ron Brown. The event was about public figures who take a stand and sacrifice their jobs to help other.  ... read more »

Mellody Hobson receives Bakewell-Bremond Pioneer of African American Achievement Award ... read more »

LOS ANGELES -Moderated by Brotherhood Crusade’s George Weaver, the Reimagining L.A. Unified Town Hall for Board District 1 will feature a conversation with Deputy Superintendent Ekchian around the feedback collected for the Reimagining L.A. ... read more »

The group will work to identify strategies to increase restorative practices and prevention services ... read more »

When Danny J. Bakewell Sr. first created the Taste of Soul Family Festival, he envisioned an event where the South Los Angeles community could come together for a day of fellowship, love, peace and unity. ... read more »

Saturday, October 20, marked 13 years of the largest street festival in Southern California and the Taste of Soul (TOS) nation still hasn’t come down from the festival high! ... read more »

Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments to be Recognized as This Year's Distinguished Honoree, Friday December 7, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.  ... read more »

For 12 years in a row, Taste of Soul has continued to provide all things soulful and be an economic driver in the Black community because of the chairs, co-chairs, partners and sponsors who support the event and its mission.      ... read more »

Bakewell Media presents the 13th Annual Taste of Soul Family Festival, in partnership with Mothers in Action and produced by the Los Angeles Sentinel on Saturday, October 20, 2018 from 10am-7pm on historic Crenshaw Blvd. ... read more »

Brotherhood Crusade welcomes golf lovers to register for its Annual Charity Golf Classic, on September 21, 2018, at the beautiful Pacific Palms Resort, located at One Industry Hills Parkway, City of Industry, CA 91744.   ... read more »

The new additions will assist in the program execution and strategies that enhance the Brotherhood Crusade brand and help move the organization forward. ... read more »

In 2017, Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) in partnership with Taste of Soul, created a contest to acknowledge the residents who are doing their part to make the city of Los Angeles a better place by awarding one winner with a brand new car! ... read more »

From Danny Bakewell Sr., publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper: “Aretha Franklin was a friend. We honored her one year at the Brotherhood Crusade, we had phenomenal artists on that show. ... read more »

The year 1965 began on an ominous and unsettling note—the assassination and martyrdom of Malcolm X, the Fire Prophet. Even in the white and winter cold of February, it was a sign of the coming fire. Indeed, it pointed toward the fiery fulfillment of prophecy which Malcolm, himself, had predicted. It was there, too, in the title of James Baldwin’s classic, The Fire Next Time. And it was the topic of countless conversations around the country. Baldwin had taken his title from a line in a Black gospel song which says: “God gave Noah the rainbow sign, no more water, the fire next time.” And this, for us, was the fundamental time of turning when the fire would be this time. ... read more »