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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. In 1923 ...
More than a century after mail fraud conviction, Marcus Garvey gets presidential pardon
For over a century, civil rights leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey was demonized, misunderstood and left to the interpretations of ...
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Members of Congress urge Biden to exonerate Marcus Garvey following recent executive pardons and commutations
A group of Congressional members are urging President Joe Biden to posthumously exonerate civil rights leader Marcus Garvey for a 1923 conviction. The letter to Biden, dated just before the ...
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Marcus Garvey plaque to be unveiled in Atlanta
WASHINGTON DC, USA— A plaque will be unveiled in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 25 to honour Jamaica’s first National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey. The event will take place at the Big Bethel AME ...