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The Scripps Spelling Bee Has Crowned the First African American Winner in Its 93-Year History PopSugar 2 hrs ago Chanel Vargas © Getty / Jim Watson The Scripps Spelling Bee Has Crowned the First African American Winner in Its 93-Year History For the first time in the competition s 93-year history, an African American student has been crowned the winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde, an eighth grader from Harvey, LA, secured her victory on Thursday by spelling the word Murraya. If, like me, you ve never heard of a Murraya, it s defined by Oxford as a small genus of trees and shrubs native to Asia and Australia and cultivated elsewhere.

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