Zaila Avant-garde ran thru the championship at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana, breezed to the championship at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, becoming the first African American winner and only the second Black champion in the bee's 96-year history. The only previous Black winner of the bee was Jody-Anne Maxwell of Jamaica in 1998. #blacknews #blackmedia #blacknation #blacklivesmatters #blacknationalism #blackpeople # #blackissues #blackconversations #ijustwannalive #viralpost #viralvideos #viralvideo #breakingnews #breaking #viral #allblackeverything #trending #trendingnow #trendingtopic https://www.instagram.com/p/CRFwuieHuC2/?utm_medium=tumblr