How long does it take to read I Am Rosa Parks?
Rosa Parks, Jim Haskins, Wil Clay
I Am Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks, Jim Haskins, Wil Clay takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 48 pages, about 13,200 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The black woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.
Subjects: Biography, African Americans, Civil rights workers, Race relations, Civil rights, Segregation in transportation