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How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison

40 pages · 2023

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About the book

A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.

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