President Joe Biden announced a series of clemency actions on Sunday, pardoning five individuals and commuting the sentences of two others, calling these pardons an effort to uphold America’s promise of second chances.
President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."
President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.
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.
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. Also receiving pardons were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights,
President Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott — who was convicted of a nonviolent drug offense in 1994 — and posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey — who was ...
Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters arguing that Garvey’s conviction was politically motivated and an effort to silence the increasingly popular leader who spoke of racial pride.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced ... Also receiving pardons were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates ...
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey ... them back up. Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, waves ...
On his last full day as President, Biden issued pardons for 5 people including Don Scott, Marcus Garvey, and Kemba Pradia, a Richmond-born prison reform activist.
Shomari Davis, 30, went viral on Tiktok for his positive reaction to the news. “Biden just pardoned Marcus Garvey, bro! On his last day of office,” he said. “Like how much more OG can you be?
MEMBER of Parliament for St Andrew South Western, Dr Angela Brown Burke is calling for an expansion of Marcus Garvey’s teachings beyond the school curriculum, in order to preserve the legacy of ...