Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.5
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
19218
Points per Word
0.000208
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
Civil Rights Movement
Description
This book discusses the events of 1965, when civil rights activists, led by Martin Luther King Jr., gathered in Selma, Alabama, to protest practices designed to keep African Americans from being able to vote.