How do you spell unfair? MacNolia Cox and the national spelling bee
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Title
How do you spell unfair? MacNolia Cox and the national spelling bee
Description
In 1936, an eighth grader becomes the first African American to win the spelling bee in Akron, Ohio. MacNolia gets a military band send off to the National Spelling Bee in Washington DC with her mother. MacNolia learns about racism and discrimination when she crosses into Maryland and arrives in Washington. She and another black girl are seated away from the other spellers and their families. MacNolia spells word after word with a calm and focused performance. The judges throw a curveball to stump her and MacNolia is determined out. Her triumph is that folks now learn that African American students are as smart as anyone.
Author
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Date
2023
Picture Book Entry Item Type Metadata
Illustrator
Frank Morrison
ISBN
978-1-5362-1554-0
City of Publication
Somerville, MA
Year of Publication
2023
Author of Abstract
Abstract provided by Valerie A. Ubbes, 2024
Citation
Weatherford, Carole Boston, “How do you spell unfair? MacNolia Cox and the national spelling bee,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed April 3, 2025, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/14338.