It takes the average reader 4 hours and 42 minutes to read Harry Truman and Civil Rights by Michael R. Gardner
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Given his background, President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Where he grew up--the border state of Missouri--segregation was accepted and largely unquestioned. Both his maternal and paternal grandparents had owned slaves, and his beloved mother, victimized by Yankee forces, railed against Abraham Lincoln for the remainder of her ninety-four years. When Truman assumed the presidency on April 12, 1945, Michael R. Gardner points out, Washington, DC, in many ways resembled Cape Town, South Africa, under apartheid rule circa 1985. Truman's background notwithstanding, Gardner...
Harry Truman and Civil Rights by Michael R. Gardner is 276 pages long, and a total of 70,656 words.
This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 26 minutes to read Harry Truman and Civil Rights aloud.
Harry Truman and Civil Rights is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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