Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men
Author: Wallace, Sandra Neil
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
7.8
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
18657
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
143
Points per Page
0.020979
Description
Scipio Africanus Jones - a self-taught attorney who was born enslaved - leads a momentous series of court cases to save twelve Black men who’d been unjustly sentenced to death. Coauthored by Rich Wallace. Book contains violence. Themes include racism.