Zaila Avant-garde – 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ – stands where Black children were once kept out
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When Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on July 8, 2021, she became the first Black American to win in the competition’s history. Shalini Shankar, a scholar of spelling bees, breaks down the importance of this historical moment.
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