Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1639
Points per Word
0.000305
Page Count
24
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
The sit-ins and the Freedom Rides opened a new era in the history of the Civil Rights movement. Instead of using lawyers to fight unfair laws in court, they sacrificed their own bodies to show the world the horrors of racism.