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Marcus Garvey gets presidential pardon

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Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others and commutes 2 sentences

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,

The New York Times · 9h

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.

Newsweek on MSN · 11h

Full List of Joe Biden's Last Minute Pardons—Including Marcus Garvey

President Joe Biden announced a series of last-minute pardons on Sunday, granting clemency to five individuals, including a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey, the late civil rights leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Biden pardons five people including late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey

U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted ...

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