Sometimes you learn words / by living them and sometimes / words learn you / by defining who you are. — A. Van Jordan's poem, "Infidelity" (image via The Afro-American Newspaper) It was 1936. Akron local MacNolia Cox and Elizabeth Kenny, of New Jersey, were competing in the National Spelling Bee. They were making history — the first black girls allowed to compete in the much-watched competition.
A Woman to Know: MacNolia Cox
A Woman to Know: MacNolia Cox
A Woman to Know: MacNolia Cox
Sometimes you learn words / by living them and sometimes / words learn you / by defining who you are. — A. Van Jordan's poem, "Infidelity" (image via The Afro-American Newspaper) It was 1936. Akron local MacNolia Cox and Elizabeth Kenny, of New Jersey, were competing in the National Spelling Bee. They were making history — the first black girls allowed to compete in the much-watched competition.