Garvey, who was born in Jamaica in 1887, believed that white society would never treat black people equally. He founded the anti-colonial Universal Negro Improvement Association and African ...

Morehouse alumni and Dr. Julius Garvey, board of directors at the Marcus Garvey Institute for Human Development, are leading a new black empowerment movement.

Marcus Garvey met Amy Ashwood Garvey, the woman who would become his first wife, during a trip to Jamaica in 1914. He was attending a debate at a local high school, ...

The spirit of Marcus Garvey was alive and well the evening of Feb. 3 as Baltimore hosted its inaugural Marcus Garvey Symposium at Trinity Baptist Church. The event, which began at 6 p.m., brought ...

Garvey came to the U.S. in 1916 during a period of reactionary politics in opposition to a growing Black urban migration. It was a time of mob lynching in the South, campaigns to deny housing and ...

The road to Garvey’s presidential pardon is a story of tireless activism by human rights leaders, Garvey’s descendants and members of Congress, some of whom died before they could see their ...

Now, 102 years later, the United States has deemed it fit to right their wrong. On Joe Biden’s last day of presidency, he granted clemency to Marcus Garvey Sr. as part of a spate of dozens of ...

Marcus Garvey’s Pardon Is Part of Undoing “Harms of the Past,” Honoring Black History: Justin Hansford. Story January 24, 2025. Watch Full Show. Watch Full Show Next Story. Listen.

Marcus Garvey, in pseudo-military garb . On the last day of his presidency, Joe Biden pardoned the controversial black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), among a handful of other last ...

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.

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 ...