{"product_id":"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","description":"A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book\n\n\"This moving picture book portrays a girl who met injustice with dignity and excelled.\"—Booklist (starred review)\n\nFrom a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting portrait of determination against discrimination: the story of young spelling champion MacNolia Cox.\n\nMacNolia Cox was no ordinary kid.\nHer idea of fun was reading the dictionary.\n\nIn 1936, eighth grader MacNolia Cox became the first African American to win the Akron, Ohio, spelling bee. And with that win, she was asked to compete at the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC, where she and a girl from New Jersey were the first African Americans invited since its founding. She left her home state a celebrity—right up there with Ohio’s own Joe Louis and Jesse Owens—with a military band and a crowd of thousands to see her off at the station. But celebration turned to chill when the train crossed the state line into Maryland, where segregation was the law of the land. Prejudice and discrimination ruled—on the train, in the hotel, and, sadly, at the spelling bee itself. With a brief epilogue recounting MacNolia’s further history, How Do You Spell Unfair? is the story of her groundbreaking achievement magnificently told by award-winning creators and frequent picture-book collaborators Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1536215546\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1536215546.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Weatherford, Carole Boston\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516219957306,"sku":"DBV.1536215546.G","price":7.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1536215546-0.jpg?v=1783723224","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/how-do-you-spell-unfair-macnolia-cox-and-the-national-spelling-bee","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}