It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read In the Shadow of Selma by Cynthia Griggs Fleming
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
On March 7, 1965, voting rights demonstrators were brutally beaten as they crossed the Edmund Petis bridge in Selma, Alabama. One of the most-publicized incidents of the civil rights campaign, images from that day have been seared into the nation's consciousness. Yet little has been written about the civil rights events in the surrounding counties, the vast sections of the rural south. Cynthia Griggs Fleming addresses this gap by bringing to light the struggle for equality of the citizens of Wilcox County, Alabama. Although right next door to Selma, their story has been largely ignored....
In the Shadow of Selma by Cynthia Griggs Fleming 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.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read In the Shadow of Selma aloud.
In the Shadow of Selma is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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