Zone d'identification
Type d'entité
Personne
Forme autorisée du nom
Beecher, John
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions
- Beecher, John, 1904-1980
Autre(s) forme(s) du nom
- John Beecher
- Barbara Beecher
- Beecher, Barbara
Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités
Zone de description
Dates d’existence
1904-1980
Historique
John Beecher was a poet whose works often expressed social concerns such as civil rights, non-violence, and workers' rights. During the 1960's, his work on the publication «Ramparts» got him dubbed a "Communist" by Governor George Wallace of Alabama, which Beecher claimed was an "honor". He would return to Alabama, where he claimed the KKK wanted him dead, in 1966 to serve as a visiting professor at Miles College, a traditionally black institution. He and his wife Barbara were received back to the Catholic Church in 1965, and he describes the changes in the Church in Birmingham since his boyhood days there. He and Barbara were also art printers, and Merton approached them to do specialty additions of some of his work.