JB Marks

Date: 1 August, 1972

John Beaver (JB) Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist who identified himself as an African though he was of Coloured descent, died in Moscow, USSR. Marks was a staunch member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC).

Click here to read a speech by Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo at Marks' funeral

Source:

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