Also receiving pardons were advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and gun violence prevention.

The president’s pardon of Garvey, a seminal figure of the civil rights movement, is another reflection of his presidency’s ties to the Black community.

U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two, the White House said in a statement.

President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s

President Joe Biden pardoned five people Sunday, including the late civil rights activist Marcus Garvey, hours before he cedes the Oval Office to Donald Trump. | TAG24

On his last full day as President, Biden issued pardons for 5 people including Don Scott, Marcus Garvey, and Kemba Pradia, a Richmond-born prison reform activist.

US President Joe Biden has pardoned five people including the late civil rights activist Marcus Garvey, the White House said Sunday, just hours before he cedes the Oval Office to Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, and pardons activists Ravi Ragbir and Kemba Smith Pradia.

Marcus Garvey is viewed by many as a civil rights icon who was ostracized by his own government. Advocates are again pressing Joe Biden to rewrite history.

Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone and receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown were among the many players who expressed disappointment in the locker room following Saturday night's divisional playoff loss to the Washington Commanders.

Civil rights leaders and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that he was targeted for his work.

Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, and pardons activists Ravi Ragbir and Kemba Smith Pradia.