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Authorized form of name
Marks, John Beaver
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- Marks, J.J. (John Joseph)
- Marks, J.D.
- Marks, J.B.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1903–1972
History
Political and anti-apartheid activist and trade unionist. President of the ANC in the Transvaal. Chair of the SACP. Banned under the Suppression of Communism Act. President of the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions. President of the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU). Organised the 1946 African Mine Workers’ Strike. Deployed by the ANC to join the headquarters of the External Mission in Tanzania, 1963.
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Authority record identifier
ZA-COM-00272
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Draft