Also pardoned were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and gun violence prevention.
US President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Congressional leaders had pushed for Mr Biden to pardon Mr Garvey,
It's not clear whether Biden, who leaves office Monday, will pardon people who have been criticized or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Garvey, a significant Black nationalist, while also pardoning other individuals including a prominent Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights and criminal justice reform.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X ... is the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in a chamber ...
On his final full day in office, President Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott ... and inspired civil rights leaders like Malcolm X. Three others also received pardons, including ...
President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals, and commute the sentences of 2 others. One of those pardons went to Speaker of the Virginia
President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and ... who is the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in a chamber narrowly ...
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.
In one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a seminal figure in the civil rights movement, whose advocacy for Black nationalism
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One of two seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates chamber awaits the name placard for newly appointed 91st District Republican Ian Masters as the Supreme Court of Appeals weighs a request ...