BREAKING: Civil rights leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. has officially been posthumously pardoned, and Howard University School of Law professors and students had a hand in this effort. For 15 years, Professor Justin Hansford has been working with Garvey’s son, Julius Garvey, M.D., to receive a posthumous presidential pardon with an acknowledgement that he was unjustly charged. In 1923, Garvey was convicted on one count mail fraud as president of the shipping and passenger company the Black Star Line, for using the mail to defraud someone into buying stock in the company. “This pardon acknowledges the wrongful nature of his trial and conviction, affirms Garvey’s innocence, and uplifts Garvey’s unique contribution to the international cause of human rights, justice, and civil rights for all people worldwide,” Hansford said. Read more on The Dig with the link in our bio. #marcusgarvey #mlk