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Author:

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

Title:

How do you spell unfair? : MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Cox, MacNolia--Juvenile literature.
African American students--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American girls--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
National Spelling Bee--Juvenile literature.
Spelling bees--United States--Juvenile literature.
Race discrimination--United States--Juvenile literature.
Racism against Black people--United States--Juvenile literature.
Cox, MacNolia.
African American students.
National Spelling Bee.
Spelling bees.
Race discrimination.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.
Biographies.
Picture books.

Other Authors:

Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1536215546
9781536215540

LCCN:

2022908641

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