Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.3
Points
6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
32144
Points per Word
0.000187
Page Count
121
Points per Page
0.049587
Description
This is a biography of Bayard Rustin, discussing his role as a leading activist in the civil rights movement from the 1940s through the 1980s, and examining the personal struggles he faced as a gay, African-American man.