Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican civil rights activist, the founding father of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and an owner of the Black Star Line shipping company.

The widespread favorable media response to the pardon speaks to the enduring usefulness of Garvey’s brand of identity politics to the powers that be.

America is a country,” Pres. Joe Biden said in a statement announcing the pardon alongside four others, “built on the promise of second chances.” ...

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(NNPA Newswire) – In one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus ... Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1914, advocating ...

In pardoning Marcus Garvey, Joe Biden did something that was ... In 1914, he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Jamaica, an organization that tried to achieve Black ...

Marcus Garvey ignited one of the most phenomenal social movements ... His organization, the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), advocated for Pan-African awareness with the slogan “One God ...

Successive governments of Jamaica had called for Garvey to be pardoned for 40 years, making the first appeal to Ronald Reagan and the last to Biden. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Garvey’s ...

Jamaican born African American nationalist Marcus Garvey, circa, 1920 ... founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) which was created to challenge racial inequality, according ...

"His life and work continue to inspire and influence both within and beyond the Caribbean," said CARICOM Chair & Barbados PM, Mia Motley ...

Edgar Hoover, who hired Black agents to infiltrate Garvey’s UNIA, leading to his conviction and eventual deportation. Marcus Garvey was a prominent orator and activist who advocated for Black ...