Before a crowd of thousands in Cleveland on June 29, 1908, Marie C. Bolden, 14, defied the odds and won what is believed to be the first national spelling bee competition.She was the only Black participant.She was named the individual champion and helped lead her Cleveland classmates to the team championship, but her success at the bee, held during the National Education Association's annual convention, was met with racial prejudice.
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