In 1908, Marie C Bolden, an African American teenager, became the first-ever spelling bee champion in the US, overcoming tricky words like ‘acquiesce’, ‘descendant’ and ‘millinery’ on her way to the top. But her achievement was quickly eclipsed by racial prejudice, and her story rarely told.
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