How Do You Spell Unfair?
MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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.
Subjects:
Cox, MacNolia -- Juvenile literature.
National Spelling Bee -- Juvenile literature.
African American students -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Spelling bees -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Race discrimination -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Racism against Black people -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Spelling bees -- Juvenile literature.
Race discrimination -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Cox, MacNolia -- Juvenile literature.
National Spelling Bee -- Juvenile literature.
African American students -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Spelling bees -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Race discrimination -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Racism against Black people -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Spelling bees -- Juvenile literature.
Race discrimination -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781536215540
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Cox, MacNolia | Northeast Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Cox, MacNolia | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Cox, MacNolia | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | Out (Due: ) |
C BIOGRAPHY Cox, MacNolia | Southeast | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Cox, MacNolia | Lower Richland | Children's Biography | In |