The road to Garvey’s presidential pardon is a story of tireless activism by human rights leaders, Garvey’s descendants and members of Congress.
Successive governments of Jamaica had called for Garvey to be pardoned for 40 years, making the first appeal to Ronald Reagan and the last to Biden. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Garvey’s ...
Garvey was “the first man of color in the history of the United States to lead and develop a mass movement,” Hansford said, quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “He was the first man on a mass scale and ...
Joe Biden "accomplished something that President Obama didn't do," 91-year-old Julius Garvey told Newsweek about his father's ...
You know President Joe Biden's farewell address to the nation on Wednesday, Jan. 15, in which he warned of a looming oligarchy while touting his achievements, must have been effective because Fox ...
The widespread favorable media response to the pardon speaks to the enduring usefulness of Garvey’s brand of identity ...
As one of his last acts in office, President Joe Biden issued a posthumous pardon for Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and generations of civil rights leaders.
After 102 years, Joe Biden pardoned Marcus Garvey for his unjust conviction in 1923. Supporters wonder what's next.
Michelle West waited 32 years. Convicted in 1994 of nonviolent drug offenses, she was ordered to federal prison for two life sentences, plus an additional 50 years. On Sunday, former President Joe ...
WASHINGTON — In one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a ...
“A pardon for Mr. Garvey would honor his contributions to Black ... Congresswoman Nikema Williams (D-GA), has called on President Biden to act. “This is about justice, not just for Marcus Garvey, but ...
Black nationalist and activist Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in 1923, received a posthumous pardon from the ...