ARKANSAS A-Z: Noted scholar, son of former slaves, grew up in Arkansas | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

William Pickens, who became a nationally known orator, scholar, journalist and essayist, was born in South Carolina but spent his formative years in Arkansas, living in Woodruff County and Argenta (now North Little Rock).

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