Late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey is one of five people Joe Biden has pardoned the day before Donald Trump's inauguration.
Marcus Garvey influenced leaders like Malcolm X after being convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.Late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey is one of five people Joe Biden has pardoned the day before Donald Trump 's inauguration.
Garvey, who died in 1940, was a civil rights leader who was convicted of mail fraud in 1923 and sentenced to five years' imprisonment, a sentence that was commuted by president Calvin Coolidge in 1927. The White House said he created Black Star Line shipping company and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association, which celebrated African history and culture.AP: Bebeto MatthewsThe other people pardoned include Darryl Chambers, a gun violence prevention advocate who was convicted of a non-violent drug offence, immigration advocate Ravidath "Ravi" Ragbir, who was convicted of a non-violent offence in 2001, the White House said in a statement.
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