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After decades of campaigning, Jamaicans rejoice over President Biden’s pardon of National Hero Marcus Garvey · Global Voices

Public domain image of Marcus Garvey titled “Marcus Garvey, Provisional President of Africa,” via the Keystone View Company on Wikimedia Commons.

On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States, Jamaica’s North Coast Times shared the news from the parish of St. Ann, the birthplace of Marcus Mosiah Garvey: U.S. President Joe Biden, on his last day in office, had pardoned the first, and arguably most revered Jamaican National Hero.

“Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940) was a renowned civil rights and human rights leader who was convicted of mail fraud in 1923, and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment,” said statement released by The White House. “President Calvin Coolidge commuted his sentence in 1927. Notably, Mr. Garvey created the Black Star Line, the first Black-owned shipping line and method of international travel, and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association, which celebrated African history and culture. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. described Mr. Garvey as ‘the first man of color in the history of the United States to lead and develop a mass movement.’ Advocates and lawmakers praise his global advocacy and impact, and highlight the injustice underlying his criminal conviction…”

Source: After decades of campaigning, Jamaicans rejoice over President Biden’s pardon of National Hero Marcus Garvey · Global Voices