President Biden he issued five more pardons on Sunday in his last full day in office, including political activist and black nationalist Marcus Garvey.
“America is a country built on the promise of second chances,” Biden said in a statement. “As president, I have used my pardon power to make that promise a reality by granting more individual pardons and commutations than any other president in U.S. history. Today, I am using my pardon power to pardon 5 people and commute the sentences of 2 people who showed repentance, rehabilitation and redemption, each of these pardon recipients has made a significant contribution to the betterment of their communities.”
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Along with Garvey, those pardoned were Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Ravidath “Ravi” Ragbir, Don Leonard Scott, Jr., and Kemba Smith Pradia. Garvey was posthumously pardoned.
Marcus Garvey, “African Provisional President”, is seen during the renaming of the ship from the “General GW Goethals” to the SS Booker T. Washington, January 25, 1925. (NY Daily News via Getty Images)
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