William Pickens Books

William Pickens, a learned linguist and Yale graduate, emerged as a significant voice in the struggle for racial justice and civil rights. His writings often delved into the deep-seated nature of racial prejudice and injustice, as captured in his observation: "Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice does not reason, or it would not be prejudice…If prejudice could reason, it would dispel itself." Pickens was deeply involved in pivotal social movements of his era, leaving a lasting legacy through both his literary contributions and his dedicated activism.