Jan 19, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. Also receiving pardons were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and gun violence prevention.

5 days ago · Ex-President Joe Biden used his waning hours in office in part to issue a posthumous pardon for Black civil rights icon Marcus Garvey, who family members and advocates argued was mistreated for ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Marcus Garvey, the pioneering leader of the Pan-African movement and Jamaica’s first national hero, received a posthumous pardon from U.S. President Joe Biden on January 19, 2025.The pardon, achieved through decades of advocacy and the successful lobbying of the Congressional Black Caucus, is just the start of righting a historical wrong in an effort to restore Garvey’s legacy and reaffirm ...

Jan 20, 2025 · President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud over 100 years ago. The outgoing president has used his power of clemency to grant more more individual pardons and commutations than any other president in U.S. history, according to a statement from Biden on Sunday.

Jan 19, 2025 · For decades, many — including Mr. Garvey’s descendants, lawmakers and even Roger J. Stone Jr., an ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump — had lobbied for a pardon of Mr. Garvey’s ...

Jan 19, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — 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...

Jan 21, 2025 · President Joe Biden granted a posthumous pardon to civil rights leader Marcus Garvey and granted pardons or commuted the sentences of a half-dozen other people Sunday, his final day in office.

Jan 19, 2025 · President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced leaders like Malcolm X and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s, and pardoned immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir and criminal justice …

Jan 20, 2025 · Pan-African leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey, convicted of mail fraud in 1923 in the U.S., is buried at National Heroes Park in Kingston. His remains were brought to Jamaica in 1964 after his...

Jan 19, 2025 · On his final full day in office, President Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott — who was convicted of a nonviolent drug offense in 1994 — and posthumously pardoned Black...