President Joe Biden's administration plans to posthumously pardon Marcus Garvey for his 1923 mail fraud conviction. Howard University law professor Justin Hansford, a key advocate for Garvey's exoneration, received the news from the White House and shared it with Garvey's son, Dr. Julius Garvey. This decision reflects over a century of efforts to address Garvey's politically motivated conviction. Garvey, a Jamaican leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, advocated for African pride and the back-to-Africa movement, significant concepts for many African Americans today. Hansford highlights the historical importance of this pardon for the Black nationalist movement.
After working on this for all these years, it was a great honor for me to be able to be the person on the phone when [Garvey's son] got that news.
That idea of pride in your heritage, for African Americans, all of these ideas are what we vindicate when we vindicate Garvey.
I just bore witness to the culmination of over 101 years of people trying to accomplish something.
His organization advocated for the celebration of African history and culture and championed a back-to-Africa movement.
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