Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz AgeModern · History, Nonfiction, American History
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
2004 · 415 pages · Nonfiction
51
Modern
★ 4.09 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2004). 4.09★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
51Must-Read Score
- Critics69 out of 100 · counts 35%+27
- Readers42 out of 100 · counts 50%+24
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #118 of the 220 history books we rank
- #164 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #509 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2004)
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (History) finalist (2005)
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2004)
Reads as
True story, Dark, Gripping
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