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Biden Signs Posthumous Pardon for Black Nationalist Leader Marcus Garvey

With his presidency coming to an end, Joe Biden has issued a wide variety of pardons, including a posthumous pardon for the radical black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey.

As reported by Breitbart, Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in 1923. Originally from Jamaica, he had moved to the U.S. in 1916, where he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), an organization which declared that its goal would be to “establish a brotherhood among the black race, to promote a spirit of race pride, to reclaim the fallen and to assist in civilising the backward tribes of Africa.”

Garvey, who frequently dressed up in garish faux-military uniforms, was arrested in 1922, for trying to sell stocks for his shipping company, the Black Star Line, even though the business did not yet own any stocks. He was charged with mail fraud, convicted, and sentenced to five years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. His sentence was commuted in 1927 by President Calvin Coolidge, who then deported him back to Jamaica.

In his pardon announcement, Biden described Garvey as “a renowned civil rights and human rights leader.” The statement also cited Martin Luther King Jr., who had praised Garvey as “the first man of color in the history of the United States to lead and develop a mass movement.” Without citing any examples, Biden claimed that “advocates and lawmakers praise [Garvey’s] global advocacy and impact,” and falsely claimed that there was “injustice underlying his criminal conviction.”

Biden’s flood of pardons began with a pardon for his own son Hunter, shortly after the 2024 election. Biden announced over 2,500 pardons on Friday for criminals convicted of drug-related offenses. On Sunday, in addition to the Garvey pardon, Biden also announced pardons for disgraced former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, and former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Anthony Fauci.

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About Eric Lendrum

Eric Lendrum graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was the Secretary of the College Republicans and the founding chairman of the school’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter. He has interned for Young America’s Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, and the White House, and has worked for numerous campaigns including the 2018 re-election of Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-22). He is currently a co-host of The Right Take podcast.

Photo: WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 06: U.S. President Joe Biden answers a reporter's question after signing the Postal Service Reform Act into law during an event in the State Dining Room at the White House on April 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. A part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s controversial 10-year restructuring plan, the law provides $107 billion to modernize and streamline the long-beleaguered Postal Service. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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