Things right . We outlined three reasons in the legal brief. First of all, this is not the first time the president has given a posthumous pardon to someone who has passed away. Both president clinton and president bush have given posthumous parting in the last years of their administration. Clinton 1999 and president bush 2008. These are definitely legal, and definitely president for doing so. Secondly, Marcus Garvey is innocent. We have proven that beyond a reasonable shadow of a doubt. The United States Congress Held a hearing in 1987 in the House Judiciary Committee chair by john conyers where they afford indepth all of the evidence. They look at historical evidence presented by historians like tony martin. They conclude he was innocent back in 1987. There have been dozens of books. Currently it is in the state. His face is on the currency of jamaicas currency. Marcus garvey is innocent and people around the world have recognized it. Even our own United States government has recogn
Africanamericans to return to africa. The petition was filed in june. This is one hour and 30 minutes. I would like to welcome everyone this afternoon to this historic and is precious occasion. The petition for the pardon of the honorable Marcus Garvey. I am a social justice and human rights lawyer here in the washington, d. C. , area. We have a very Dynamic Panel for us this afternoon. We are going to talk about the legal issues of the case, the historical issues, the impact of Marcus Garvey and the worldwide diaspora and many other aspects as well. Im going to start off with reading a statement. Congresswoman Yvette D Clark representing a new york congressional district. This is her statement that she wanted to have read at the Marcus Harvey press conference august 17, 2016. Marcus garvey lives in history as one of the first readers of the American Civil Rights movement. To unite people toward a common goal of social progress. Marcus garvey founded the universal Negro Improvement Ass
His class is about 45 minutes. Youre looking at footage of a vessel called the William Myers landing at ellis island in 1903. This film was taken by edison studios and it gives us a window into a moment of mass migration in the industrial atlantic. Lets just take in the scene. Lets start with a question for you all. First of all, let me ask you what you saw in the video. What struck you most and lets just do hands. We will put you on the spot. What did you see in that video . Sorry, film. Mostly that they carried so little with them considering it was them starting a new life. It seemed like they were carrying very little baggage. They did not have much with them. They brought very little with them to their new lives. What else . A lot of them were families it is surprising number of Young Children, because when we were learning at the beginning, a lot of the colonies were started by young , independent males, whereas now, there is a lot of Young Children and people to start completely
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