President Biden posthumously pardons Marcus Garvey Jr., a civil rights leader and advocate for Black nationalism, correcting historical injustices.

On his final day in office, President Joe Biden pardoned several individuals, including a long-awaited posthumous pardon to Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-African movement Marcus Garvey. Garvey was influential to people such as Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders.

President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."

President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned civil rights leader and Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Garvey served four years in prison until President Calvin Coolidge commuted his sentence in 1927, after which Garvey was deported to Jamaica.

In his final act as president, Joe Biden honours Garvey’s legacy and overturned his controversial 1923 mail fraud conviction

President Biden pardoned political activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey and four others on Sunday on his last day in office.

Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters arguing that Garvey’s conviction was politically motivated and an effort to silence the increasingly popular leader who spoke of racial pride.

It's not clear whether Biden, who leaves office Monday, will pardon people who have been criticized or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump.

Jamaica's first national hero, Marcus Garvey, has today received a posthumous pardon from U.S. President Joe Biden.

President Biden pardons Marcus Garvey and others, addressing historical injustices linked to civil rights activism and political motivations.

On his last day in office as the US president, Joe Biden pardoned five people including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey on Sunday (Jan 19). He also commuted the sentences of two, according to a statement released by the White House.