Biden uses last day in office to pardon black nationalist Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey pictured in 1922 in a military uniform (AP)

US President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.

Congressional leaders had pushed for Mr Biden to pardon Mr Garvey, with supporters arguing his conviction was politically motivated and an effort to silence the increasingly popular leader who spoke of racial pride.