Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.2
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
50233
Points per Word
0.000179
Page Count
226
Points per Page
0.039823
Description
Picking up from James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, THE FIRE NEXT TIME, this collection of essays and poems address the topic of race and racism in the United States.