Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.9
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
9758
Points per Word
0.000205
Page Count
64
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
Examines the lives of more than ten African-American men and women, including Oprah Winfrey, Don Cornelius, and Naomi Sims, with the obstacles they overcame.