It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sorin
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How the automobile fundamentally changed African American life—the true history beyond the Best Picture–winning movie. The ultimate symbol of independence and possibility, the automobile has shaped this country from the moment the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford’s assembly line. Yet cars have always held distinct importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the many dangers presented by an entrenched racist society and to enjoy, in some measure, the freedom of the open road. Gretchen Sorin recovers a forgotten history of black motorists, and recounts their creation...
Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sorin is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.
This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights aloud.
Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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