death_date death_place birth_place office birth_date article_title name
01 august 1972 moscow ventersdorp treasurer-general of the african national congress 21 march 1903 j. b. marks
 john beaver marks
j. b. marks

j. b. marks -lrb- 21 march 1903 - 1 august 1972 -rrb- was a south african politician .
at the time of his death he served as chairman of the south african communist party and treasurer-general of the african national congress .
marks was part of the first generation of black south africans that joined the young communist league in the 1920s .
he took part in the congress of the international committee of negro workers , held in the soviet union in 1928 .
marks was elected as president of the transvaal african national congress in 1951 .
