Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American person to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the largest spelling bee ...
HARVEY, La. -- Leave it to small-town Louisiana to know how to throw a party for one of their own. The community of Harvey, Louisiana threw a well-deserved parade for 14-year-old Zaila Avant-Garde, in ...
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — History made was made at the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee in its nearly 100-year history. Zaila Avant-garde, of Harvey, Louisiana, became the first African American winner of ...