Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican civil rights activist, the founding father of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and an owner of the Black Star Line shipping company.

Julius Garvey receives long-awaited pardon for his father Marcus Garvey, a Black nationalist and activist. President Biden's last-minute action clears his name.

America is a country,” Pres. Joe Biden said in a statement announcing the pardon alongside four others, “built on the promise of second chances.”