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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

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