Macnolia: Poems
In 1936, teenager MacNolia Cox became the first African American finalist in the National Spelling Bee Competition. Supposedly prevented from winning, the precocious child who dreamed of becoming a doctor was changed irrevocably. Her story, told in a poignant nonlinear narrative, illustrates the power of a pivotal moment in a life.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- National Geographic Books
- Year
- 2005
- ISBN-13
- 9780393327649
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Racial discriminationNational Spelling BeeAfrican American history
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(2005)
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