On his last full day as President, Biden issued pardons for 5 people including Don Scott, Marcus Garvey, and Kemba Pradia, a Richmond-born prison reform activist.
President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a civil rights leader, as part of his commitment to building a more inclusive America and correcting historical injustices.
President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two.
It's not clear whether Biden, who leaves office Monday, will pardon people who have been criticized or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump.
Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), the first Black person to serve as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, was convicted in 1994 of a non-violent federal drug-related offense.
President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Also receiving pardons were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights,
President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned civil rights leader Marcus Garvey and four others in one of his last acts in office.
U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two, the White House said in a statement.
On his last full day as President, Biden issued pardons for 5 people including Don Scott, Marcus Garvey, and Kemba Pradia, a Richmond-born prison reform activist.
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