President Joe Biden granted a posthumous pardon to civil rights and human rights leader Marcus Garvey and granted pardons or commuted the sentences of a half-dozen other people Sunday, his final day in office. It was an 11th-hour restatement of his determination to highlight what he considers pillars of his legacy: a sense of compassion and a connection to the Black community.
Garvey, who influenced such pivotal leaders as Malcolm X and South African President Nelson Mandela, was convicted of mail fraud in the early 1920s, a case his supporters said was aimed at discrediting the Black revolutionary during a tumultuous period of racial unrest.
Garvey, who influenced such pivotal leaders as Malcolm X and South African President Nelson Mandela, was convicted of mail fraud in the early 1920s, a case his supporters said was aimed at discrediting the Black revolutionary during a tumultuous period of racial unrest.
