{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"South Carolina Encyclopedia","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce","author_name":"Matthew Simmons","author_url":"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/author\/sceditor\/","title":"Pickens, William - South Carolina Encyclopedia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jMid5VeCaK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/entries\/pickens-william\/\">Pickens, William<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/entries\/pickens-william\/embed\/#?secret=jMid5VeCaK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Pickens, William&#8221; &#8212; South Carolina Encyclopedia\" data-secret=\"jMid5VeCaK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":null,"thumbnail_width":null,"thumbnail_height":null,"description":"Educator, author, civil rights advocate. Pickens was born in Anderson County on January 15, 1881, to Jacob Pickens and Fannie Porter. The family migrated to Arkansas, where the young boy worked in cotton fields and sawmills. In 1902 he graduated from Talladega College in Alabama. He went on to attend Yale University, which required two [&hellip;]"}