Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.7
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
22087
Points per Word
0.000181
Page Count
104
Points per Page
0.038462
Description
This book profiles one hundred years of African American music and describes the origins of spirituals, ragtime, gospel, and swing and their influence on later music genres.