President Biden Grants Pardons To Marcus Garvey And Four Others On Final Day In Office

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On his last day as President, Joe Biden granted pardons to five individuals, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two others, as per a statement from the White House.

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who passed away in 1940, was a prominent civil rights leader who inspired figures like Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela.

In 1923, Garvey was convicted of mail fraud and sentenced to five years in prison, though his sentence was reduced by President Calvin Coolidge in 1927.

Garvey is credited with organizing the first mass movement among African Americans, founding the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and the Black Star Line shipping company, which celebrated African history and culture.

His supporters argued that his conviction was part of an effort to undermine the Black Revolution during a time of racial tension.

Martin Luther King Jr. called Garvey “the first man of color in the history of the United States to lead and develop a mass movement.” Garvey’s global advocacy and contributions to civil rights are still widely recognized, with many calling attention to the injustice of his conviction.

Other individuals pardoned by Biden include Darryl Chambers, a gun violence prevention advocate convicted of a non-violent drug offense, and immigration advocate Ravidath “Ravi” Ragbir, convicted of a non-violent offense in 2001.

Biden also pardoned Don Scott, convicted of a non-violent drug offense in 1994, and Kemba Smith Pradia, convicted of a non-violent drug offense in 1994 and sentenced to 24 years in prison.

Additionally, Biden commuted the sentences of Robin Peoples and Michelle West, both of whom were sentenced in the 1990s and showed significant rehabilitation.

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