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.

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

Marcus Garvey was born on Aug. 17 ... They wrote to President Calvin Coolidge, requesting a presidential pardon. Because of this massive outpouring of concern, on Nov. 18, 1927, Coolidge commuted ...

Marcus Garvey ignited one of the most phenomenal social movements in modern history and was admired around the world. Yet few ...

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 Mosiah Garvey came and brought the African consciousness ... filed an appeal to President Calvin Coolidge for Garvey’s release from prison after he was convicted of mail fraud four ...

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.

President Calvin Coolidge commuted Garvey's sentence after ... Jamaican born African American nationalist Marcus Garvey, circa, 1920. Library of Congress "Exactly 101 years ago, Mr. Garvey was ...

After 102 years, Joe Biden pardoned Marcus Garvey for his unjust conviction in 1923. Supporters wonder what's next.

Among those being pardoned was Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who was granted clemency ... and his sentence was commuted in 1927 by President Calvin Coolidge. Mr. Biden also pardoned Ravi Ragbir, an ...

President Biden issued five more pardons on Sunday on his last full day in office, including for political activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey. "America is a country built on the promise ...

President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus ... by President Calvin Coolidge in 1927. Human rights organizations credit Garvey as the ...