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How do you spell unfair? : MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
- Title
- How do you spell unfair? : MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.
- Author
- Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
- Publication
- Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.
- ©2023
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Morrison, Frank, 1971-
- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 29 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Cox, MacNolia > Juvenile literature
- National Spelling Bee > Juvenile literature
- National Spelling Bee
- African American students > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African American girls > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Award winners > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Spelling bees > United States > Juvenile literature
- Race discrimination > United States > Juvenile literature
- Racism against Black people > United States > Juvenile literature
- African American girls
- African American students
- Race discrimination
- Racism against Black people
- Spelling bees
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Picture books
- Biographies.
- Picture books.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- Sc F 23-564
- ISBN
- 9781536215540
- 1536215546
- LCCN
- 2022908641
- OCLC
- 1374247573
- 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.
- Publisher
- Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 23-564