How Long to Read Growing Up Jim Crow

By Jennifer Ritterhouse

How Long Does it Take to Read Growing Up Jim Crow?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Growing Up Jim Crow by Jennifer Ritterhouse

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

Description

In the segregated South of the early twentieth century, unwritten rules guided every aspect of individual behavior, from how blacks and whites stood, sat, ate, drank, walked, and talked to whether they made eye contact with one another. Jennifer Ritterhouse asks how children learned this racial "etiquette," which was sustained by coercion and the threat of violence. More broadly, she asks how individuals developed racial self-consciousness. Parental instruction was an important factor--both white parents' reinforcement of a white supremacist worldview and black parents' oppositional lessons...

How long is Growing Up Jim Crow?

Growing Up Jim Crow by Jennifer Ritterhouse is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Growing Up Jim Crow Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Growing Up Jim Crow aloud.

What Reading Level is Growing Up Jim Crow?

Growing Up Jim Crow is suitable for students ages 12 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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