William Pickens
William Pickens
William Pickenswas 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. both in the urban riots of 1919 and by lynching in 1921...
men law psychology
To cheapen the lives of any group of men [or women], cheapens the lives of all men [and women], even our own. This is a law of human psychology, or human nature. And it will not be repealed by our wishes, nor will it be merciful to our blindness.
problem
It is not the ought-ness of this problem that we have to consider, but the is-ness!
dispel prejudice
If prejudice could reason, it would dispel itself.
best time
The best time to do a thing is when it can be done.
becomes
A insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.
problem ought
It is not the ought-ness of the problem that we have to consider, but the is-ness!
done best-times
The best time to do something is when it can be done.
important insignificant
An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.
thinking perfect age
. . . every age thinks it is perfect, especially in religion.
taken color prejudice
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.
art community together
Living together is an art.