The late Beecher, though descended from the abolitionist Beechers, was a Birmingham, Alabama, native due to his father's role as a steel executive. Rebelling against this, he wrote powerful, radical, activist poetry on the Depression, McCarthyism, civil rights, etc.
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The late Beecher, though descended from the abolitionist Beechers, was a Birmingham, Alabama, native due to his father's role as a steel executive. Rebelling against this, he wrote powerful, radical, activist poetry on the Depression, McCarthyism, civil rights, etc.
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