How Long to Read With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux

How Long Does it Take to Read With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux by J. Ronald Green

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

Description

With a "crooked stick," filmmaker Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951) sought to hit a "straight lick" by stressing the strategic importance of class mobility, or "uplift," for African Americans. A theme in all of his more than 40 feature-length, black-produced, black-directed, black-cast, and black-audience films, uplift would allow for the better things in life: fast cars and fancy clothes, freedom of belief, financial security, and an unencumbered intellectual life. Although racism was an impediment to uplift for Micheaux and other African Americans, race as a category was of a secondary order for...

How long is With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux?

With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux by J. Ronald Green is 328 pages long, and a total of 84,624 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux aloud.

What Reading Level is With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux?

With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux 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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