AFTER appeals to several leaders of the United States, including the man dubbed America’s first black president, Bill Clinton, and the official first black president, Barack Obama, it took an 82-year-old white man from Delaware, the 46th president of the US, to finally act on calls to pardon Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica’s first national hero.
On his last full day in office on Sunday, President Biden issued five pardons, including one for political activist and black nationalist Marcus Garvey.
Dr. Julius Garvey pushes for his father Marcus Garvey, who died in 1940, to receive a posthumous presidential pardon.
President Biden pardoned political activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey and four others on Sunday on his last day in office.
President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey ... was sentenced to 24 years behind bars. President Bill Clinton commuted her sentence in 2000.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey ... President Bill Clinton commuted her sentence in 2000. It's still not clear whether ...
It's not clear whether Biden, who leaves office Monday, will pardon people who have been criticized or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump.
Agriculture accounts for about 9 per cent of economic activity in Jamaica, and Minister Williams expressed confidence that modernising the sector will drive future growth. She highlighted the role of innovative farming practices like greenhouse farming and cold storage, which have the potential to transform the sector.
TRELAWNY, Jamaica - The Trelawny Police Division recorded its first road fatality of the year after a St Mary man died following a motor vehicle crash in the parish Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as 32-year-old contractor,
Marcus Hayes is a sports columnist for the Inquirer. Hired more than 20 years ago as a features writer, he has since covered the Eagles, Phillies, and Sixers beats as well as Big Five basketball, college football, golf, and the Olympics.
Joe Biden made history in criminal justice reform, granting five pardons, including a posthumous one for civil rights icon Marcus Garvey.