It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read When Baseball Went White by Ryan A. Swanson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947 is one that most Americans know. But less recognized is the fact that some seventy years earlier, following the Civil War, baseball was tenuously biracial and had the potential for a truly open game. How, then, did the game become so firmly segregated that it required a trailblazer like Robinson? The answer, Ryan A. Swanson suggests, has everything to do with the politics of “reconciliation” and a wish to avoid the issues of race that an integrated game necessarily raised. The history of baseball during...
When Baseball Went White by Ryan A. Swanson is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read When Baseball Went White aloud.
When Baseball Went White is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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