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Congress members urge Biden to exonerate Black civil rights leader Marcus Garvey

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A group of 21 House Democrats signed a letter urging the president to exonerate former civil rights leader Marcus Garvey .

Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in 1923 and was deported to his birth country of Jamaica .

J. Edgar Hoover allegedly targeted Garvey in connection to the sale of Black Star Line shipping stock, according to the lawmakers.

Congress members have been trying for decades to clear Garvey 's name.