Here I Stand

A biography of a forgotten poet who used his name and influence to speak up for those on the margins of society. John Beecher (1904-1980) never had the public prominence of his famous ancestors, but as a poet, professor, sociologist, New Deal administrator, journalist, and civil rights activist, he spent his life fighting for the voiceless and oppressed with a distinct moral sensibility.

O biografie a unui poet uitat care si-a folosit numele si influenta pentru a vorbi pentru cei de la marginea societatii. John Beecher (1904-1980) nu a avut niciodata proeminenta publica a faimosilor sai stramosi, dar in calitate de poet, profesor, sociolog, administrator al New Deal, jurnalist si activist pentru drepturile civile, si-a petrecut viata luptand pentru cei fara voce si oprimat cu sensibilitate morala.