from 1908. most of us didn t know anything about her, so i m grateful for the education. however, you missed the actual second black spelling bee champion and the first black scripts winner. that was 12 year old jody and maxwell of jamaica in 1998. technically insulin might be called the second african-american winner, but she s not the second black winner unless you re referring only to the scripts contest. this is one of those tricky nuances of recent culture. this week s winner is the first african american champion of the scripts national spelling bee but a jamaican girl name jody and maxwell won in the 19 nineties. she is jamaican but not american, so it s appropriate to call her black, but not african american. but still, the point is well taken. there are other winners of african descent even though zaila it is the first one born in the u.s.. and lillian in grants fourth north dakota and rights, from 1929 to 1930, when i won the county s phone call test held
3:00 a.m. phone call test she posed to barack obama back in 2008. first, today s trivia question. who was the oldest senator ever sworn in for a first term? tweet us at daily rundown. the first correct answer will get a follow friday from us. that answer and more is coming up on the daily rundown. my contacts are so annoying.