More than a century after mail fraud conviction, Marcus Garvey gets presidential pardon
America is a country,” Pres. Joe Biden said in a statement announcing the pardon alongside four others, “built on the promise ...
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The Long Overdue Pardon of Marcus Garvey
In pardoning Marcus Garvey, Joe Biden did something that was long overdue. Many today do not know who Garvey was or the grave injustice that was done to ...
JLP’s Williams criticises PNP president for ‘Garvey exonerated’ blunder
Attorney-at-law and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) spokesman, Donovan Williams is chiding Opposition People’s National Party (PNP ...
A triumphant acknowledgement of a legacy restored
Let us honour this legacy by working together towards a more equitable and inclusive world. Mark J Golding is Opposition ...
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Holness says pardon of Garvey a ‘first step’ toward total exoneration
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has welcomed Sunday’s decision by US President Joe Biden to grant a posthumous pardon to National Hero ...
Despite Pardons, Many Formerly Incarcerated Black People Still Face Uncertainty
Michelle West waited 32 years. Convicted in 1994 of nonviolent drug offenses, she was ordered to federal prison for two life sentences, plus an additional 50 years. On Sunday, former President Joe ...
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Biden pardons Garvey
US President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Jamaica’s first National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the organizer of a ...
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Biden’s Pardons of Ravi Ragbir and Marcus Garvey Draw Praise from Caribbean Leaders
President Biden’s historic pardon of Ragbir, a Trinidadian immigration activist, and Garvey, the renowned Jamaican ...
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Caribbean diaspora celebrates Biden pardon of Pan-Africanist hero, Marcus Garvey
Jamaica and the Caribbean African diaspora reacted quickly and joyfully to the news that outgoing US President Joe Biden ...