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Journal Article
ROBERT BURNS AND RACE
2024
Overview
In 1961, the author's family took a field trip to the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church in Wabaunsee, Kansas. The church was named after Henry Ward Beecher, who had shipped rifles hidden below Bibles to the Free State New Haven Colony in 1855. The church was a crucial stop on the Underground Railroad. The author's father wanted them to understand the turmoil of Bleeding Kansas, a period of armed conflict between pro-slavery and Free State factions. However, the church was closed on the day of their visit. On their way home, they stopped at a cafe where they saw a sign indicating racial discrimination. The author's father confronted the owner and they left the restaurant hungry. This incident highlighted the author's father's anger over racial injustice. Later, in the 1960s, the author's father framed three poems that spoke to brotherhood and commonalities, which he read aloud to the family.
Publisher
University of Northern Iowa,North American Review
