Zaila Avant-garde understood the significance of what she was doing as she stood on the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, peppering pronouncer Jacques Bailly with questions about Greek and Latin roots. Zaila knew she would be the first African American winner of the bee and the first from Louisiana. The teen from Harvey knew Black
First African American and Louisianian spelling bee champ makes history
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