Marcus Garvey gets presidential pardon

Why was Marcus Garvey deported? Biden pardons civil rights leader on last full day in office
Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican civil rights activist, the founding father of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and an owner of the Black Star Line shipping company.
Joe Biden pardons five people, including late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey
President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two.
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.
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, 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
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),
Biden pardons five people including late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey
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