James Garfield Beck

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. "Black History Detail". www.beckcenter.net.
  2. "James Garfield Beck and Ethel Benson Beck". ww2.tnstate.edu.
  3. "Black History Month and Valentine's Day Both Offer Occasions to Celebrate James and Ethel Beck". Knoxville History Project. February 13, 2017.
  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. "The Becks". www.beckcenter.net.


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