Reading Level
What is the reading level of Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is 8th and 9th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 9 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 11 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 10 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
Reading Time
21 hrs 17 mins
How long to read Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
The estimated word count of Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is 319,145 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 21 hrs 17 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 35 hrs 28 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 11 hrs 50 mins.
| Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference - 319,145 words | ||
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| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 35 hrs 28 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 21 hrs 17 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 11 hrs 50 mins |
- Authors
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David Garrow
More about Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
319,145 words
Word Count
for Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
34 hours and 19 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. covers the entire life of the leader of the Civil Rights Movement Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews, access to King’s personal papers, and thousands of FBI documents, Bearing the Cross traces King’s metamorphosis from a young, earnest pastor into the foremost spokesperson of the black freedom struggle. At the book’s heart is King’s growing awareness of the symbolic meaning of the cross as he gradually accepts a life that will demand the ultimate in self-sacrifice. This is a towering portrait of a man at the epicenter of one of the most dramatic periods in our history.