President Biden posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, recognized for his significant impact on civil rights leaders like Malcolm X, and convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.
Garvey’s conviction was politically motivated, aimed at suppressing his rising influence as a leader promoting racial pride among Black Americans throughout the early 20th century.
Biden has set the record for pardons and commutations, commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 individuals convicted of nonviolent drug crimes and addressing federal death row sentences.
Biden's pardoning of Garvey aligns with a broader vision of acknowledging historical injustices while showcasing the power of the presidency to address them.
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