Spelling bee champion, world record holder and best-selling author Zaila Avant-garde has taken her talents to the University of Maryland’s campus as she tackles her newest challenge: college. At the ...

Want to learn more? See our newsletter page here. BALTIMORE (CNN) – An exceptional young woman who cemented herself in the history books has a bright future ahead. The saying goes, hard work pays off, ...

Scripps National Spelling Bee winner Zaila Avant-garde's hometown threw her a parade fit for a champion. According to Nola.com and WDSU, Avant-garde's hometown of Harvey, Louisiana, threw the ...

INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. ZAILA AVANT GARDE IS TAKING LIFE BY STORM, BREAKING GLASS CEILINGS AND CONQUERING GOALS LEFT AND RIGHT. NOW SHE’S IN HER FIRST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE AND SETTING HER SIGHTS NEARLY 239 ...

The 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee was historic, as Zaila Avant-Garde became the first African American winner of the 96-year-old competition. It was the smile and twirls for us! After tying for ...

Guinness World Records is celebrating its 70th anniversary, marking seven decades since its first book in 1955. Highlights include Liz West’s 5,000-piece Spice Girls collection, Colin Furze’s 100mph ...

Zaila Avant-garde understood the significance of what she was doing as she stood on the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, peppering pronouncer Jacques Bailly with questions about Greek and Latin ...

Zaila Avant-garde, who in 2021 became the first Black student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, will deliver a message of perseverance at Parkland High School on Thursday. While the message is ...

Once upon a time, in New York, we measured our lives in Richard Foreman productions. For decades, the crocus of our theatrical spring was the widespread wheat-pasting of his black-and-white posters on ...

With Judson Dance Theater and as the founder of contact improvisation, he expanded the possibilities of what dance could be, developing works around basic tasks like walking. By Brian Seibert Steve ...

On the awards season calendar, there are a few shows set to specifically honor Black excellence. And because we are not a monolith, each show is unique, celebrating a different aspect of Black life ...