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Marcus Garvey gets presidential pardon

Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey

WASHINGTON — 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.

Miami Herald on MSN · 13h

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.”

The New York Times · 15h

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.

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Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others

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