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 ...
We must resurrect the true ideals of Dr. King this MLK Day as we inaugurate a new president
OPINION: Donna Brazile, who worked with Corette Scott King to make MLK Day a federal holiday, makes sense of Dr. […] ...
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 ...
Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others
Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters arguing that Garvey’s conviction was politically ...
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President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil ...
March in Newport News honors Martin Luther King Jr.
Newport News community groups and churches held a parade, community feeding and more to recognize Martin Luther King Jr.
Biden pledges he’s ‘not going anywhere’ during final trip as president
A day before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Biden recognized how the black leaders he spoke to helped vault him to the Oval Office. "I owe you big,” he said.
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The content of King’s character? It was ferocious.
The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length as King’s life. At the time of the first celebration in 1986, M. Carl Holman, president of the ...