How Long to Read The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture

How Long Does it Take to Read The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 45 minutes to read The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture by Deanna M. Gillespie

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

Description

How Black women used lessons in literacy to crack the foundation of white supremacy Southern Association for Women Historians Julia Cherry Spruill Prize Finalist, Hooks National Book Award This book details how African American women used lessons in basic literacy to crack the foundation of white supremacy and sow seeds for collective action during the civil rights movement. Deanna Gillespie traces the history of the Citizenship Education Program (CEP), a grassroots initiative that taught people to read and write in preparation for literacy tests required for voter registration—a profoundly powerful objective in the Jim Crow South. Born in 1957 as a result of discussions between community activist Esau Jenkins, schoolteacher Septima Clark, and Highlander Folk School director Myles Horton, the CEP became a part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1961. The teachers, mostly Black women, gathered friends and neighbors in living rooms, churches, beauty salons, and community centers. Through the work of the CEP, literate Black men and women were able to gather their own information, determine fair compensation for a day’s work, and register formal complaints. Drawing on teachers’ reports and correspondence, oral history interviews, and papers from a variety of civil rights organizations, Gillespie follows the growth of the CEP from its beginnings in the South Carolina Sea Islands to southeastern Georgia, the Mississippi Delta, and Alabama’s Black Belt. This book retells the story of the civil rights movement from the vantage point of activists who have often been overlooked and makeshift classrooms where local people discussed, organized, and demanded change. A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller

How long is The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture?

The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture by Deanna M. Gillespie is 223 pages long, and a total of 56,419 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 69% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 8 minutes to read The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture aloud.

What Reading Level is The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture?

The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture 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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