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How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator: Frank Morrison
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-1554-0
Keywords: Racism, Discrimination, African Americans
Despite the practice of excluding Black children from the competition as well as numerous other barriers, one brave, talented girl made history in 1936. Oil paintings convey deep emotion. Foreword and epilogue.