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Report to the Stockholders is a collection of narrative poems written by social activist and poet John Beecher (1904–1980), a distant descendant of abolitionists Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Collected poems, 1924-1974 ... Collected poems, 1924-1974 by Beecher, John, 1904-1980. Publication date 1974 Publisher New York : Macmillan Collection ... Internet Archive Books Texts to Borrow Books for People with Print Disabilities . Uploaded by ...
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.
eighth book of poems, TO LIVE AND DIE IN appeared in November, 1966, and won acclaim. He has given a great many readings from the book on campuses, in churches, and at civic and mass meetings before white and black audiences in all parts of the nation. A new volume of Beecher's selected poems is scheduled for publication in 1968. SIDE I Band 1
4 gru 2013 · Hear the wind blow! Poems of protest & prophecy. by. Beecher, John, 1904- Publication date. 1968. Publisher. New York, International Publishers. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Item Size. 444.0M. 189 p. 22 cm. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate.
Mainly outgoing letters from Beecher to various editors at Macmillan Publishing Co. between 1965 and 1967. Also includes clippings, book notices, photographs of Beecher, publicity brochures and announcements for poetry readings, and poetry broadsides.
During the civil rights movement he became a Southern correspondent for Ramparts and the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1977, nearly 30 years after being fired, he was reappointed to the San Francisco State University faculty. See his Collected Poems 1924-1974 (1974).
