Remembering the 1936 National Spelling Bee and how hatred eliminated a bright young girl from Akron
Remembering the 1936 National Spelling Bee and how hatred eliminated a bright young girl from Akron

Back in 1936, just 11 years after the National Spelling Bee was inaugurated, 13-year-old MacNolia Cox from Akron was a spelling prodigy with an IQ through the roof.