H.Res. 654 is a symbolic resolution expressing the House of Representatives' position that Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican-born founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, was wrongfully convicted and should be exonerated. The resolution asserts that Garvey's 1920s mail fraud conviction was politically motivated and unjust, and that his prosecution by U.S. law enforcement was retaliation for his influential movement promoting African-American economic independence and human rights. The resolution affects no one materially since it contains no binding law or funding, but it calls on the President to take steps to formally clear Garvey's name and restore his reputation in the United States. This is a nonbinding measure submitted by Representative Yvette Clarke of New York that reflects congressional sentiment rather than enacting new policy.
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