Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican civil rights activist, the founding father of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and an owner of the Black Star Line shipping company.
America is a country,” Pres. Joe Biden said in a statement announcing the pardon alongside four others, “built on the promise of second chances.”
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.
Julius Garvey receives long-awaited pardon for his father Marcus Garvey, a Black nationalist and activist. President Biden's last-minute action clears his name.
It was the Great Depression and the family had been living in London after Marcus Garvey - the prominent 20th century Black Nationalist - was convicted of one count of mail fraud, which forced him to leave the U.
"Garvey’s life was dedicated to [a] vision of justice larger than any single race or nation. His wrongful conviction [is] a reflection of the work that remains before us.”
Dr. Julius Garvey pushes for his father Marcus Garvey, who died in 1940, to receive a posthumous presidential pardon.
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.
"His life and work continue to inspire and influence both within and beyond the Caribbean," said CARICOM Chair & Barbados PM, Mia Motley
President Biden on Sunday pardoned Marcus Garvey, one of the first Black civil rights leaders, more than 80 years after Garvey’s death.
President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned civil rights leader and Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, along with four others, and commuted two sentences.
President Joe Biden issued another round of pardons on Sunday, including a posthumous one for Black nationalist Marcus Garvey.