Marcus Garvey gets US presidential pardon
Jamaica's first national hero, Marcus Garvey, has today received a posthumous pardon from U.S. President Joe Biden.
Hotelier hails US for pardoning National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Christopher Issa, chief executive officer of the S-Hotel chain in Jamaica, is among the long list of individuals lauding the United States’ posthumous pardon of Jamaican National Hero,
Caribbean diaspora celebrates Biden pardon of Pan-Africanist hero, Marcus Garvey
Jamaica and the Caribbean African diaspora reacted quickly and joyfully to the news that outgoing US President Joe Biden issued a posthumous pardon for visionary disruptor and international organizer,
Biden pardons revolutionary Marcus Garvey on last full day in office
The president’s pardon of Garvey, a seminal figure in the civil rights movement, is another reflection of his presidency’s ties to the Black community.
Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
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. Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey (1887-1940),
Biden pardons civil rights leader on last day
Garvey, one of the earliest internationally-known Black civil rights leaders, was convicted of mail fraud in 1923.
The Jamaica Observer4d
Garvey pardon long time coming — Hinds
“What’s even more significant is that next month will be the 100th anniversary of Marcus Garvey starting that jail sentence,” he said. A printer by profession, Garvey left Jamaica in the ...
Miami Herald4d
More than a century after mail fraud conviction, Marcus Garvey gets presidential pardon
Pan-African leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey, convicted of mail fraud in 1923 in the U.S., is buried at National Heroes Park in Kingston. His remains were brought to Jamaica in 1964 after his death ...