Marcus Garvey ignited one of the most phenomenal social movements in modern history and was admired around the world. Yet few today understand his quest to promote the economic and cultural ...

Garvey’s accomplishments were largely forgotten by history until the reggae band Burning Spear revived his vision in songs. Eventually, Jamaica recovered his body for a state burial and ...

On the last day of his presidency, Joe Biden pardoned the controversial black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey ... the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In fact, Garvey was first arrested ...

Marcus Garvey, the pioneering leader of the Pan-African movement and Jamaica’s first national hero, received a posthumous pardon from U.S. President Joe Biden on January 19, 2025. The pardon, achieved ...

In the 1920s, Marcus ... Garvey was second only to God. Within a few years, UNIA membership grew to several hundred thousand, with branches throughout America. The organisation’s newspaper, the Negro ...

BALTIMORE – Julius Garvey got a long-awaited phone call this weekend, letting him know his father, Marcus Garvey, would receive a posthumous pardon from the U.S. government in the waning hours of ...

"His life and work continue to inspire and influence both within and beyond the Caribbean," said CARICOM Chair and Barbados PM, Mia Motley Marcus Garvey riding in parade. Outgoing US President Joe ...

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 him. Born in Jamacia in 1887, he was ...

Julius Garvey got a long-awaited phone call last weekend, letting him know his father, Marcus Garvey, would receive a posthumous pardon from the U.S. government in the waning hours of President ...

Garvey and Smith Pradia were among the final people granted pardons by President Biden. Marcus Garvey and Kemba Smith Pradia were among the final names listed in President Biden’s last pardons ...

In one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a seminal figure in the civil rights movement, whose advocacy for Black nationalism and ...

On November 2nd, 1929, the renowned leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Mr. Marcus Garvey, graced the shores of St. Kitts, arriving aboard the S.S. Lady Nelson. Garvey’s ...