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Alabama poet, journalist, and social activist John Beecher (1904-1980) focused his work on social justice and the rights of working people, especially factory and mill workers and African Americans in the South. His refusal to compromise his beliefs despite opposition from powerful people and institutions often made his life difficult. His poems bore titles such as "To Live and Die in Dixie" and "And I Will Be Heard," and his journalism also shared the stories of oppressed people. - Source is from the Alabama Encyclopedia
Poet
Alabama poet, journalist, and social activist John Beecher (1904-1980) focused his work on social justice and the rights of working people, especially factory and mill workers and African Americans in the South. His refusal to compromise his beliefs despite opposition from powerful people and institutions often made his life difficult. His poems bore titles such as "To Live and Die in Dixie" and "And I Will Be Heard," and his journalism also shared the stories of oppressed people. - Source is from the Alabama Encyclopedia
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