14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde makes history at US Spelling Bee
A very impressive young woman. A 14 year-old girl from Louisiana has won the US Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zaila Avant-garde is the first African American contestant to win the competition, and the first Black winner since Jody-Anne Maxwell’s victory in 1998. Zaila is also the first person who is not of South Asian descent […]
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