How Long to Read The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education
By Wanda Little Fenimore
How Long Does it Take to Read The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education?
It takes the average reader 3 hours to read The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education by Wanda Little Fenimore
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Description
As early as 1947, Black parents in rural South Carolina began seeking equal educational opportunities for their children. After two unsuccessful lawsuits, these families directly challenged legally mandated segregation in public schools with a third lawsuit in 1950, which was eventually decided in Brown v. Board of Education. Amidst the Black parents’ resistance, Elizabeth Avery Waring, a twice-divorced northern socialite, and her third husband, federal judge J. Waties Waring, launched a rhetorical campaign condemning white supremacy and segregation. In a series of speeches, the Warings exposed the incongruity between American democratic ideals and the reality for Black Americans in the Jim Crow South. They urged audiences to pressure elected representatives to force southern states to end legal segregation. Wanda Little Fenimore employs innovative research methods to recover the Warings’ speeches that said the unsayable about white supremacy. When the couple poked at the contradiction between segregation and “all men are created equal,” white supremacists pushed back. As a result, the couple received both damning and congratulatory letters that reveal the terms upon which segregation was defended and the reasons those who opposed white supremacy remained silent. Using rich archival materials, Fenimore crafts an engaging narrative that illustrates the rhetorical context from which Brown v. Board of Education arose and dispels the notion that the decision was inevitable. The first full-length account of the Warings’ rhetoric, this multilayered story of social progress traces the symbolic battle that provided a locus for change in the landmark Supreme Court decision.
How long is The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education?
The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education by Wanda Little Fenimore is 180 pages long, and a total of 45,000 words.
This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 5 minutes to read The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education aloud.
What Reading Level is The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education?
The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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