President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.

President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."

The president’s pardon of Garvey, a seminal figure of the civil rights movement, is another reflection of his presidency’s ties to the Black community.

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.

Among those being pardoned was Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who was granted clemency posthumously. Garvey was a Black nationalist who was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s, and his se

As his presidency winds to a close, President Biden issued a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey, a notable Black nationalist who inspired figures like Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, and later generations of Black Panther Party activists.