It takes the average reader and 32 minutes to read How It Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
One of the most important essays about the African-American experience in the United States is Zora Neale Hurston's How It Feels To Be Colored Me, originally published in The World Tomorrow in May 1928. Hurston's was an original voice in the first half of the 20th century. As she reflects on her early childhood in an all-black Florida town, and her first experiences in later life feeling "different," Hurston largely focuses on the similarities we all share and on her own self-respect and identity. "Through it all, I remain myself." This short work is part of Applewood's "American Roots"...
How It Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston is 32 pages long, and a total of 8,064 words.
This makes it 11% the length of the average book. It also has 10% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 44 minutes to read How It Feels to Be Colored Me aloud.
How It Feels to Be Colored Me is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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