Marcus Garvey gets presidential pardon

More than a century after mail fraud conviction, Marcus Garvey gets presidential pardon
America is a country,” Pres. Joe Biden said in a statement announcing the pardon alongside four others, “built on the promise of second chances.”
Biden pardons revolutionary Marcus Garvey on last full day in office
The president’s pardon of Garvey, a seminal figure in the civil rights movement, is another reflection of his presidency’s ties to the Black community.
Biden pardons Marcus Garvey, Don Scott and 3 others in final full day action
Mr. Biden's pardons in recent days come after the president made the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history in December by commuting the sentences of around 1,500 people and pardoning nearly 40 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. Earlier that month, he also issued a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden.
President Biden Posthumously Pardons Revolutionary Pan-African Leader Marcus Garvey
This historic pardon culminates a decades-long fight by Marcus Garvey’s descendants and supporters to right the wrongs of a what many regarded as a politically motivated conviction.
Biden pardons late Black activist Marcus Garvey, 4 others
President Biden pardoned political activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey and four others on Sunday on his last day in office.
Biden Issues Posthumous Pardon to Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey
President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned civil rights leader and Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Garvey served four years in prison until President Calvin Coolidge commuted his sentence in 1927, after which Garvey was deported to Jamaica.
Biden Pardons Five More, Including the Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey
Civil rights advocates and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that he was targeted for his work.
Will Biden Grant Posthumous Pardon to Marcus Garvey Before Leaving Office?
Marcus Garvey is viewed by many as a civil rights icon who was ostracized by his own government. Advocates are again pressing Joe Biden to rewrite history.
Congresswoman welcomes posthumous pardon of Marcus Garvey
Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke, has welcomed the posthumous pardon of Jamaica’s first national hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, by the outgoing United States (US) President Joe Biden.
Biden pardons Marcus Garvey in historic final act as President
In his final act as president, Joe Biden honours Garvey’s legacy and overturned his controversial 1923 mail fraud conviction
Joe Biden Pardons Marcus Garvey & Four Others On Final Day In Office
President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned civil rights leader Marcus Garvey and four others in one of his last acts in office.
Why now? Why Garvey?
In the spirit of Garvey himself, who said, “We have a beautiful history, and we shall create another in the future,” I ...
Full List of Joe Biden's Last-Minute Pardons—Dr. Fauci, Liz Cheney, More
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