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Theodore Cable

Theodore Cable was an athlete, dentist, and state legislator in Indiana. He represented Indianapolis in Marion County in 1939 and was a Democrat.

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Theodore Cable was an athlete, dentist, and state legislator in Indiana. He represented Indianapolis in Marion County in 1939 and was a Democrat.1

His mother Mary Ellen Cable was an educator and civil rights organizer.2 George Cable was his father. Theodore Cable graduated from Shortridge High School, Harvard College, and Indiana University School of Dentistry.3

He was a member of the Advisory Defense Council "representing negroes" during World War II.45

He graduated from Harvard College where he was a distinguished athlete.6

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  1. Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (22 November 1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-11249-1. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  2. "Mary Ellen Cable". 5 February 2021.
  3. Thornbrough, Emma Lou (2000). Indiana Blacks in the Twentieth Century. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253337992.
  4. Walker, Heber P. (January 15, 1951). "Indiana at War: A Directory of Hoosier Civilians who Held Positions of Responsibility in Official, Volunteer, and Cooperating War-time Organizations". Indiana War History Commission – via Google Books.
  5. Gray, Ralph D. (January 15, 1994). Indiana History: A Book of Readings. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-32629-4 – via Google Books.
  6. "Opportunity". 1932.