Garvey, one of the earliest internationally-known Black civil rights leaders, was convicted of mail fraud in 1923.

Marcus Garvey is viewed by many as a civil rights icon who was ostracized by his own government. Advocates are again pressing Joe Biden to rewrite history.

America is a country,” Pres. Joe Biden said in a statement announcing the pardon alongside four others, “built on the promise of second chances.”

In one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a seminal figure in the civil rights movement, whose advocacy for Black nationalism

Pedestrians walks through falling snow, in the New York City borough of Queens, NY, January 19, 2025. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning with 3 to 5 inches of snow expected to fall in the city.

Human rights organizations credit Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in 1923, as the first man to organize a mass movement among African-Americans

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,

“Home Alone” director Chris Columbus revealed that the legendary aftershave face slap scene was partially improvised by Macaulay Culkin. Columbus shared that the crew erupted into laughter after Culkin did not move his hands when he slapped his face after applying aftershave so they decided to keep that version in the final cut of the movie.

President Biden on Sunday pardoned Marcus Garvey, one of the first Black civil rights leaders, more than 80 years after Garvey’s death.

View of snow falling in the New York City borough of Queens, NY, January 19, 2025. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning with 3 to 5 inches of snow expected to fall in the city. (

Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, and pardons activists Ravi Ragbir and Kemba Smith Pradia.