It takes the average reader 3 hours and 6 minutes to read Langston Hughes and American Lynching Culture by W. Jason Miller
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W. Jason Miller investigates the nearly three dozen poems written by Langston Hughes on the subject of lynching to explore its varying effects on survivors, victims, and accomplices as they resisted, accepted, and executed this brutal form of sadistic torture. In this work, Miller initiates an important dialogue between America's neglected history of lynching and some of the world's most significant poems. He begins with Hughes's teenage years during the Red Summer of 1919, moves on to the Scottsboro case beginning in 1931, then continues through WWII, the McCarthy era, the Red Scare, his...
Langston Hughes and American Lynching Culture by W. Jason Miller is 184 pages long, and a total of 46,736 words.
This makes it 62% the length of the average book. It also has 57% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 15 minutes to read Langston Hughes and American Lynching Culture aloud.
Langston Hughes and American Lynching Culture is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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