It takes the average reader 4 hours and 54 minutes to read Black Stereotypes in Popular Series Fiction, 1851–1955 by Bernard A. Drew
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Even well-meaning fiction writers of the late Jim Crow era (1900–1955) perpetuated racial stereotypes in their depiction of black characters. From 1918 to 1952, Octavus Roy Cohen turned out a remarkable 360 short stories featuring Florian Slappey and the schemers, romancers and ditzes of Birmingham’s Darktown for The Saturday Evening Post and other publications. Cohen said, “I received a great deal of mail from Negroes and I have never found any resentment from a one of them.” The black readership had to be satisfied with any black presence in the popular literature of the day. The best known...
Black Stereotypes in Popular Series Fiction, 1851–1955 by Bernard A. Drew is 292 pages long, and a total of 73,584 words.
This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 90% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 42 minutes to read Black Stereotypes in Popular Series Fiction, 1851–1955 aloud.
Black Stereotypes in Popular Series Fiction, 1851–1955 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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