How Long to Read Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation

How Long Does it Take to Read Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 20 minutes to read Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation by Steve Luxenberg

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

Description

A myth-shattering narrative of how a nation embraced "separation" and its pernicious consequences. Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with “separate but equal,” created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling and dramatic stories of the nineteenth century, whose outcome embraced and protected segregation, and whose reverberations are still felt into the twenty-first. Separate spans a striking range of characters and landscapes, bound together by the defining issue of their time and ours—race and equality. Wending its way through a half-century of American history, the narrative begins at the dawn of the railroad age, in the North, home to the nation’s first separate railroad car, then moves briskly through slavery and the Civil War to Reconstruction and its aftermath, as separation took root in nearly every aspect of American life. Award-winning author Steve Luxenberg draws from letters, diaries, and archival collections to tell the story of Plessy v. Ferguson through the eyes of the people caught up in the case. Separate depicts indelible figures such as the resisters from the mixed-race community of French New Orleans, led by Louis Martinet, a lawyer and crusading newspaper editor; Homer Plessy’s lawyer, Albion Tourgée, a best-selling author and the country’s best-known white advocate for civil rights; Justice Henry Billings Brown, from antislavery New England, whose majority ruling endorsed separation; and Justice John Harlan, the Southerner from a slaveholding family whose singular dissent cemented his reputation as a steadfast voice for justice. Sweeping, swiftly paced, and richly detailed, Separate provides a fresh and urgently-needed exploration of our nation’s most devastating divide.

How long is Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation?

Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation by Steve Luxenberg is 560 pages long, and a total of 140,000 words.

This makes it 189% the length of the average book. It also has 171% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 45 minutes to read Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation aloud.

What Reading Level is Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation?

Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation 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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