Zaila Avant-garde is the first African American to ever win the Scripps National Spelling Bee

Fourteen-year-old Zaila Avant-garde has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, becoming the first African American to do so since the annual competition began in 1925. It's an incredible achievement made even more impressive by the fact that she only began to spell competitively two years ago.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee...