The Los Angeles Sentinel under the ownership and editorship of Colonel Washington has grown into one of the Nations largest Negro weekly newspapers in the Nation and received widespread recognition for its comprehensive coverage of local. State. and national news of concern to the black community. It has for many years received the highest award from the California Publishers Association. Government officials have frequently called upon Colonel Washington to serve in important capacities. including his appointment by Gov. Culbert Olson in 1940. to the California State Immigration and Housing Commission. his appointment by President John F. Kennedy. in 1963 to the Commission on Registration and Voting Participation. and reappointment to this major national Commission by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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