John Beecher
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1904 – 1980
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Who was John Beecher?
John Beecher was an activist poet, writer, and journalist who wrote about the Southern United States during the Great Depression and the American Civil Rights Movement. Beecher was active in the American labor and civil rights movements. During the McCarthy era, Beecher lost his teaching job for refusing to sign a state loyalty oath. Following a 1967 decision of the California Supreme Court that disallowed such a loyalty oath, he was reinstated in 1977. Beecher's books include Report to the Stockholders, To Live and Die in Dixie, and In Egypt Land.
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- Born
- 1904
New York City - Education
- Virginia Military Institute
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Lived in
- New York City
- Birmingham
- Died
- May 11, 1980
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on July 23, 2013
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