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 ...

The road to Garvey’s presidential pardon is a story of tireless activism by human rights leaders, Garvey’s descendants and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The president’s pardon of Garvey, a seminal figure in the civil rights movement, is another reflection of his presidency’s ...

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

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 ...

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 ...