On his last full day in office on Sunday, President Biden issued five pardons, including one for political activist and black nationalist Marcus Garvey.

President Biden pardoned political activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey and four others on Sunday on his last day in office.

This historic pardon culminates a decades-long fight by Marcus Garvey’s descendants and supporters to right the wrongs of a what many regarded as a politically motivated conviction.

Dr. Julius Garvey pushes for his father Marcus Garvey, who died in 1940, to receive a posthumous presidential pardon.

Kemba Smith Pradia was convicted of a non-violent drug offense in 1994, despite never selling or using drugs. She was sentenced to 24 year and served 6.5 years in prison for conspiracy to distributte.

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On his last full day in the White House President Joe Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who served nearly eight years in prison on a drug-related offense.

Joe Biden made history in criminal justice reform, granting five pardons, including a posthumous one for civil rights icon Marcus Garvey.

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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.