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

President Joe Biden granted a posthumous pardon to the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as four other justice advocates who had been convicted of non-violent drug offenses.

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus ... FILE - Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, waves to family ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey ... them back up. Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, waves ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va ... And I think it's amazing that it came on the same day that Marcus Garvey, you know, was almost pardoned and says a lot about the message that I think the president was ...

Jan. 19 (UPI) --On his final day in office, President Joe Biden pardoned five people, including a prominent civil rights activist who died in the 1940s and the speaker of the Virginia House.

In this August 1922 file photo, Marcus Garvey is shown in a military ... justice reform advocate Kemba Smith Pradia. (AP Photo/File) Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, ...