How long does it take to read I Have a Dream?
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. takes about 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1920. 40 pages, about 11,000 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 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An illustrated edition of Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech. Presents illustrations and the text of the speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, in which he described his visionary dream of equality and brotherhood for humankind.
Subjects: Nonviolence, Race relations, Oratory, Civil rights, American Painting, Civil rights movements
