The road to Garvey’s presidential pardon is a story of tireless activism by human rights leaders, Garvey’s descendants and members of Congress, some of whom died before they could see their efforts ...
Marcus Garvey ignited one of the most phenomenal social movements in modern history and was admired around the world. Yet few ...
Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican civil rights activist, the founding father of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) ...
America is a country,” Pres. Joe Biden said in a statement announcing the pardon alongside four others, “built on the promise ...
Successive governments of Jamaica had called for Garvey to be pardoned for 40 years, making the first appeal to Ronald Reagan and the last to Biden. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Garvey’s ...
"Garvey’s life was dedicated to [a] vision of justice larger than any single race or nation. His wrongful conviction [is] a ...
The widespread favorable media response to the pardon speaks to the enduring usefulness of Garvey’s brand of identity ...
“Today, January 19, 2025, will forever be remembered as a day of triumph for justice and a proud moment for the people of Jamaica. The removal of the unjust stain on Marcus Garvey’s name ...
Hinds, who was born in the United Kingdom to Jamaican parents, said he discovered the message of Garvey through Burning Spear’s 1976 album, Marcus Garvey. His parents were also from St Ann but ...
President Biden on Sunday pardoned Marcus Garvey, one of the first Black civil rights leaders, more than 80 years after ...
Activist Marcus Garvey and his namesake ideology, Garveyism, advocated for Black separatism and nationalism. Read about his ...