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 descendants, Jamaican immigrants and Black activists joined the call for a posthumous pardon.
Marcus Garvey was granted a posthumous pardon by former President Joe Biden on his last full day in office, January 19. The late Jamaican-born activist, who was a prominent proponent of Black nationalism,
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. Advocates and congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey for years,
Marcus Garvey, a pillar of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, died in June 1940 in London at age 52. Approximately 24 writers, including Michael Brown, Judith Falloon-Reid, Kwame McPherson, Malachi Smith, and Kellie Magnus, participated in the Jamaica Brew Festival which debuted in 2024.
Marcus Garvey was born in Jamaica in 1887 ... shipping company in 1919, based in Harlem. His steamboats, some of which were abandoned war ships from World War I, acted as a transportation system ...
Joe Biden "accomplished something that President Obama didn't do," 91-year-old Julius Garvey told Newsweek about his father's posthumous pardon.
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In one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a seminal figure in the civil rights movement, whose advocacy for Black nationalism
Malik Shaheed credits his upbringing in Little Burgundy, a historic Montreal neighbourhood with deep ties to Black communities, for giving him his work ethic and his drive to give back to young people.
The widespread favorable media response to the pardon speaks to the enduring usefulness of Garvey’s brand of identity politics to the powers that be.
President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was
Ruth Marcus is an associate editor and columnist for The Post. Marcus has been with The Post since 1984. She joined the national staff in 1986, covering campaign finance, the Justice Department ...