Black Fact of the Day: Monday, December 28, 2020 – Brought to you by Black365
December 28, 2020
Actor, director, and producer Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was born in Mount Vernon, NY, 1954.
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Mount Vernon
Local civil rights leaders protest to stop CIM from purchasing Baldwin Hills Mall.
June 11, 2020
Local civil rights organizations protested in front of the Baldwin Hills Mall to send a message to CIM that they do not approve their purchase of the plaza. Recently, CIM bought the plaza and the community is concerned about what their plans are.
Black Fact of the Day: Dec. 28, 2019-Brought to you by Black365
December 28, 2019
Actor, director, and producer Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was born in Mount Vernon, NY, 1954.
Rauner denies clemency for man after someone else confesses
December 16, 2015
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner rejected posthumous clemency for an Illinois man imprisoned for the stabbing of an elderly woman, even though a serial killer confessed to the crime more than a decade after the inmate died.
Grover Thompson died in 1996 while serving a 40-year sentence for the attempted 1981 murder of 72-year-old Ida White in Mount Vernon, Illinois.