"Garvey’s life was dedicated to [a] vision of justice larger than any single race or nation. His wrongful conviction [is] a reflection of the work that remains before us.”
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President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey ... He died in 1940. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said of Garvey: “He was the first man, on a mass scale and ...
President Biden pardoned political activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey and four others on Sunday on his last day in office.
President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey (1887-1940),
Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters arguing that Garvey's mail fraud conviction in the 1920s was politically motivated and an effort to silence the increasingly popular leader who spoke of racial pride.
President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Garvey, the influential Black nationalist who inspired leaders like Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In his final act as president, Joe Biden honours Garvey’s legacy and overturned his controversial 1923 mail fraud conviction
Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters arguing that Garvey’s conviction was politically motivated and an effort to silence the increasingly popular leader who spoke of racial pride.