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James Garfield Beck

James Garfield Beck

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James Garfield Beck (1881–1969) was an American educator, coach, postal clerk, socialite, and community leader in Knoxville, Tennessee.[1] He graduated from Knoxville College.[2]

Beck was born in Alabama and named for United States President James Garfield.[3]

Beck became the first African American postal clerk in Tennessee.[4] He and his wife Ethel B. Beck (1897 - 1970) helped establish the Ethel Beck Home for Colored Orphans in 1919.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Black History Detail". www.beckcenter.net.
  2. [2]
    "James Garfield Beck and Ethel Benson Beck". ww2.tnstate.edu.
  3. [3]
    "Black History Month and Valentine's Day Both Offer Occasions to Celebrate James and Ethel Beck". Knoxville History Project. February 13, 2017.
  4. [4]
    Smith, Jessie Carney (December 1, 2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578594245 – via Google Books.
  5. [5]
    "The Becks". www.beckcenter.net.


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