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Jan 22, 1904 Died on 11 May 1980 (aged 76)
American poet and activist
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About John Beecher
- John Beecher (January 22, 1904 – May 11, 1980) 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.
