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JB Marks is born

JB Marks is born

Date
21 Mar 1903
Updated
30 Sep 2019
JB Marks is born

John Beaver (JB) Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist was born in Ventersdorp, Transvaal (now North West Province) on March 21 1903. He was the seventh child of an African railway worker, John Thelelwa Marks, and Betty Esau, who was of White descent. He identified as an African and was a staunch member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African national Congress (ANC).

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  1. 01Verwey, E.J. (ed) (1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). JB Marks is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011262

South African History Online (2011) 'JB Marks is born', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011262 (Accessed: 2 October 2026).

South African History Online, JB Marks is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011262, (accessed 2 October 2026).

"JB Marks is born." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011262. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "JB Marks is born." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011262.

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