How Long to Read The Jim Crow North

How Long Does it Take to Read The Jim Crow North?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read The Jim Crow North by Matthew George Washington

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

Description

Located approximately forty miles northwest of Philadelphia, the working-class borough of Pottstown does not immediately come to mind as an influential site of the Black freedom struggle. Yet this small town in Pennsylvania served as a significant hub of interracial civil rights activism with regional as well as national impact. In The Jim Crow North: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Matthew George Washington adds another interpretive perspective to historiography by using both the "freedom North" and the "long civil rights movement" theoretical models to frame the borough's unique history. Primary documents, including newspaper accounts, census records, oral histories, and correspondence present a vivid account of a rapidly changing town, from the dawn of its civil rights movement during World War II to the revitalization of its NAACP branch in the early 1950s and its activism throughout the 1960s. Placing special emphasis on the demographic nature of the movement, Washington explores how interracial collaboration among the working class made up the movement's critical base—and how, through it all, Black activists remained front and center. This critical examination of Pottstown illuminates the struggle for African American civil rights in one of the long-ignored urban spaces of the North, providing a rich and in-depth portrait of the Black freedom struggle of postwar America.

How long is The Jim Crow North?

The Jim Crow North by Matthew George Washington is 345 pages long, and a total of 87,975 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Jim Crow North Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours to read The Jim Crow North aloud.

What Reading Level is The Jim Crow North?

The Jim Crow North is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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