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President Joe Biden made history on Sunday by posthumously pardoning Marcus Garvey, the trailblazing Black nationalist leader whose revolutionary vision shaped Pan-Africanism and inspired generations of civil rights leaders. The news by The White House marks the culmination of decades-long efforts by Garvey’s descendants and supporters to secure justice for a man many believe was unjustly silenced by a politically motivated conviction.
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