How long does it take to read The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Martin Luther King Jr., Clayborne Carson, Intellectual Properties Management Staff
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr., Clayborne Carson, Intellectual Properties Management Staff takes about 7 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 408 pages, about 112,200 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A professor of history and the noted author and editor of several books on the civil rights struggle, Dr. Clayborne Carson was selected by the estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to edit and publish Dr. King's papers. Drawing upon an unprecedented archive of King's own words--including unpublished letters and diaries, as well as video footage and recordings--Dr. Carson creates an unforgettable self-portrait of Dr. King. In his own vivid, compassionate voice, here is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as student, minister, husband, father, and world leader . . . as well as a rich, moving chronicle of a people and a nation in the face of powerful--and still resonating--change.
Subjects: Biography, African Americans, Baptists, Clergy, Civil rights, Civil rights workers
