http://africandiasporaleaders.com/juliusgarvey/ Marcus Garvey, many believe, was the victim of a racially-motivated maul fraud conviction. A group of Congress members — from New York to California — are seeking a posthumous pardon for black leader Marcus Garvey, who many believe was the victim of a politically and racially-motivated 1923 conviction in New York. Lead by Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn), the 18 members of Congress are urging President Obama to grant the pardon for Garvey, the Jamaica-born leader who ran his international Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League organization in New York for a number of years in the 1920s. “The passage of time has confirmed his place in history but has not removed the stain of this injustice from his legacy,” wrote Clarke. She penned the letter, backed by 17 signatories - including New York Congressmen Charles Rangel, Gregory Meeks, Hakeem Jeffries, civil rights pioneer Rep. John Lewis (Georgia), Eleanor
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