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.

The road to Garvey’s presidential pardon is a story of tireless activism by human rights leaders, Garvey’s descendants and ...

Nick Mordowanec is a Newsweek investigative reporter based in Michigan. His focus includes U.S. and international politics and policies, immigration, crime and social issues. Other reporting has ...

Explore the legacy of Marcus Garvey at the inaugural Baltimore Marcus Garvey Symposium, celebrating his impact and advocating for Black unity and self-determination.

Marcus Garvey and Kemba Smith Pradia were among the final names listed in President Biden’s last pardons before he left office. Garvey’s family and supporters led the quest to get him a ...

It was the Great Depression and the family had been living in London after Marcus Garvey — the prominent 20th century Black Nationalist — was convicted of one count of mail fraud, which forced ...

President Joe Biden announced a series of last-minute pardons before leaving office Monday, granting preemptive pardons to ...

Activist Marcus Garvey and his namesake ideology, Garveyism, advocated for Black separatism and nationalism. Read about his ...

The news on Jan. 19 came after decades of hard work by his family and by many Jamaicans who revere him as their political scion. Marcus Garvey, born in Jamaica when it was still a British colony ...

Marcus Garvey ignited one of the most phenomenal social movements in modern history and was admired around the world. Yet few ...

“As if there should be some kind of gratitude, it’s like ‘Who the hell is the U.S. to pardon Marcus Garvey?.” And while the Garvey family shares similar sentiments that the celebration and ...