A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama
Author: Shepard, Ray Anthony
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.5
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
33879
Points per Word
0.000177
Page Count
336
Points per Page
0.017857
Description
This biography-in-verse tells the story of racism in the U.S. through six important Black Americans from different eras who struggled for justice. Book includes violence, sexual violence, suicide and gender bias.