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An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.

William Pickens

I believe in Africa for the African, white and black, and I believe in America for the Americans, native, naturalized and all colors—and I believe that any of these Americans would be foolish to give up their citizenship for a thousand-year improbability in Africa or anywhere else.

William Pickens

If prejudice could only reason, it would dispel itself.

William Pickens

William Pickens

William Pickens

Born: January 15, 1881

Died: April 6, 1954 (aged 73)

Bio: William Pickens was an African-American orator, educator, journalist, and essayist. He wrote two autobiographies, first The Heir of Slaves, in 1911 and second Bursting Bonds in 1923, in which he mentioned race- motivated attacks on African Americans.

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