"1954-04-06Z"^^ . "William Pickens (15 January 1881 \u2013 6 April 1954) 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. both in the urban riots of 1919 and by lynching in 1921."@en . . "Pickens, William"@en . "1881-01-15Z"^^ . . . "William Pickens"@en . . . "1881Z"^^ . "American writer" . . "William Pickens"@en . "1954Z"^^ . . . .