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In 1908, Marie C. Bolden made national headlines when she spelled 500 words perfectly in the first national spelling bee. One of the words she was asked to spell was "prejudice" — apt, since as a Black student, she faced a lot of it through the tournament and afterwards. Here's her story, which drew renewed attention in 2021 when Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

npr.org/2023/06/02/1179460206/

#SpellingBee#History#BlackHistory
Jun 02, 2023, 04:00 PM·Public·Web
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