As we pause to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday, it is important to remember another towering figure in the struggle for racial justice — Malcolm X.
It's not clear whether Biden, who leaves office Monday, will pardon people who have been criticized or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump.
Also receiving pardons were advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and gun violence prevention.
President Biden pardons Marcus Garvey and others, addressing historical injustices linked to civil rights activism and political motivations.
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.
With President Donald Trump’s long-promised deportations underway, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is making it clear Baltimore is “not a sanctuary city.”
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 and self-reliance left an indelible mark on leaders like Malcolm X and movements across the Black diaspora.
On his last day in office as the US president, Joe Biden pardoned five people including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey on Sunday (Jan 19). He also commuted the sentences of two, according to a statement released by the White House.
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On his last full day in office on Sunday, President Biden issued five pardons, including one for political activist and black nationalist Marcus Garvey.
On his last full day in the White House President Joe Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who served nearly eight years in prison on a drug-related offense.