President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."

President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two.

U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) and 20 of her colleagues are urging President Joe Biden to exonerate Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the Pan-Africanist leader whose 1923 conviction for mail fraud has long been viewed as politically motivated.

A coalition of lawmakers is calling on President Biden to exonerate Marcus Garvey, emphasizing the politically motivated nature of his 1923 conviction.

Biden pardons civil rights leader Marcus Garvey and others, commutes sentences of two individuals, details in paragraph 2-7.