How Long to Read Elegy for Mary Turner

How Long Does it Take to Read Elegy for Mary Turner?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 21 minutes to read Elegy for Mary Turner by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A lyrical and haunting depiction of American racial violence and lynching, evoked through stunning full-color artwork In late May 1918 in Valdosta, Georgia, ten Black men and one Black woman—Mary Turner, eight months pregnant at the time—were lynched and tortured by mobs of white citizens. Through hauntingly detailed full-color artwork and collage, Elegy for Mary Turner names those who were killed, identifies the killers, and evokes a landscape in which the NAACP investigated the crimes when the state would not and a time when white citizens baked pies and flocked to see Black corpses while Black people fought to make their lives—and their mourning—matter. Included are contributions from C. Tyrone Forehand, great-grandnephew of Mary and Hayes Turner, whose family has long campaigned for the deaths to be remembered; abolitionist activist and educator Mariame Kaba, reflecting on the violence visited on Black women’s bodies; and historian Julie Buckner Armstrong, who opens a window onto the broader scale of lynching’s terror in American history.

How long is Elegy for Mary Turner?

Elegy for Mary Turner by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams is 81 pages long, and a total of 20,331 words.

This makes it 27% the length of the average book. It also has 25% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Elegy for Mary Turner Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 51 minutes to read Elegy for Mary Turner aloud.

What Reading Level is Elegy for Mary Turner?

Elegy for Mary Turner is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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