How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
by Boston Weatherford, Carole
Coretta Scott King Award/HonorsBiographies/AutobiographiesU.S.Black PeopleWomenPrejudice & Discrimination
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AR Book Level
5.1
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
1,466
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
520865 EN
About this book
In 1936, eighth grader MacNolia Cox became the first African American to win the Akron, Ohio, spelling bee. With that win, she was asked to compete at the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC. Story contains racism.