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25 Awesome Teachers That Decorated Their Classroom Doors For Black History Month
Teachers across America are doing it for the culture this black history month by decking out their classroom doors with iconic black figures from past to present.
Black history month has been celebrated in the United States each February since 1926 and each year new influential leaders in the community are born. Even last year alone was filled with endless melanin magic to rejoice over. In sports, Simone Biles became the most decorated gymnast in the world and Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam title; while in entertainment Black Panther's predominantly black cast became the third-highest grossing film in the North American box office with $700 million and Cardi B became the first female rapper with two Billboard #1's. Using paper, fabric and glue the teachers on this list have created some truly stunning designs to highlight the vast array of black legends over the years. Scroll down below to check out their intricate doors and don't forget to upvote your favs!
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It’s black history month and it’s like a holiday over here at Lake Alfred Elementary. Here is this years door and if you scroll you’ll see last years. Shout out to my #Artclub babies for twisting this paper into dreads (The real mvps). She’s got her gold clips,yarn wrapped around her dreads and baby hairs and she’s ready to go. We are excited to share our projects with you guys
From Ida Shuler: "All I do is think about how brave this little girl was, how this little girl managed to hold onto her dreams despite the challenges she faced! I use to be selling sugarless kool-aide and old halloween candy on Alexander St in Newark! Playing school in my best friends’s basement because teaching made me happy and it suppressed my reality temporarily...I would literally cry out to GOD because I didn’t want to boil water every night to take a hot bath and questioned GOD why I had to live like that! Because of her I’m EVERYTHING I am today resilient, motivated, inspirational, hardworking, one Bomb momma, dedicated, GOD FEARING, loveable, crazy, crafty, talented, smart... because of her the devil can NEVER steal my joy... growing up I had no real role model... my 8yr old self is the person I admire the most... at such a young age I knew my trials and tribulations was only temporary and here I am today! One day I hope I’ll get a call from one of my students expressing how I inspired them!
My older cousin is an elementary school teacher and this is how he decided to decorate his door for Black history month! This is so dope!
I decorated my classroom door at work for black history month and it turned out to be beautiful ❤️ my boss told me i couldn’t put it up because it was “too controversial and she didn’t wanna receive any backlash from it but i put it up anyway
Good for you. Censorship is unAmerican. Shame on your principal!
If you haven't heard "Strange Fruit", go listen to it. It's such a haunting song
Our classroom door is complete. My first graders read and learned all about Brave Ruby Bridges and wrote about how they have been brave like her. I always kick off black history month by sharing the story of Ruby Bridges because it is one that I feel that my students will identify with. .
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Ruby Nell Bridges made history as a six-year-old entering first grade in 1960 when she became the first African American student to desegregate a formerly all-white school in New Orleans.
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My students had fun crumbling up the paper to make her hair.
She's still alive. 64 years old. This history... is literally living history. This was not very long ago, & is still felt. These events are worthy of being know, being understood, and be learned from. Such a wonderful way to celebrate the bravery of Ruby, and all kids who learn about her.
My husband and I decorated his classroom door for Black History Month
I was crowned 👑 2nd BLACK Miss USA on February 19, 1993 representing Michigan. I am also a famous actress. You may recall my TWIRL & Gone with the wind fabulous quotes.. Who Am I?
Who is the pilot lady in the lower right corner, second row from the floor?
This is great, but (and I know how I'm gonna get downvoted like crazy for this), there are 25 doors, and only 3 feature black men/boys. 2 of those have girls on them as well. Really, there are 3 doors with boys on them and 24 with girls on them. That doesn't seem equal.
No one did it for these teachers they did it themselves, with possible class participation. I am sure that if they allow it for black history month I am sure it would be allowed for other ethnic groups.
Load More Replies...Honestly I find it racial discrimination to celebrate black history month no joke
MIKE WALLACE: I’m Jewish. MORGAN FREEMAN: OK. Which month is Jewish History Month? WALLACE: There isn’t one. FREEMAN: Why not? Do you want one? WALLACE: No, no. FREEMAN: I don’t either. I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. WALLACE: How are we going to get rid of racism until …? FREEMAN: Stop talking about it.
It's true. To stop racism, you stop talking about it. Don't even teach kids that it exist. When I was a kid none of the kids knew about racism. Nobody ever taught it to us and none of us were racist. Then around the 9th or 10th grade the history teachers taught us about it and I still remember the entire class being shocked that something stupid like racism exists. A while after students found out about it you started hearing a lot of racism between the students. Nobody is born racist. If we don't teach our kids about it, it will eventually disappear.
Load More Replies...Reading the racist comments on here, it's clear this history month is sorely needed.
What really saddens me is there are no non-black teachers in this post. Why is it that only black people care about black history?
Honestly I'm so bummed that we didn't get to celebrate Black History when I was in school (ages ago). I see it as a way to learn about other cultures that are part of the USA. Learning about other cultures leads to understanding a different point of view....which can Open hearts and minds, and bring the country TOGETHER instead of this constant damaging DIVISIONS we are living with today. In fact, I'd like to see other months devoted to other cultures in our society...an Asian American month, a month for Island cultures, a month for Native Americans, a month for LGBTQ, a month for Creole culture, for European(white) and so on... so much to learn...I don't understand why anyone would be against learning about other cultures. Maybe I've just not studied the culture of bigotry enough? Yes, we need to know the nemesis as well as a friend...knowledge is a powerful key to open doors.
Black (not to be racist) Americans helped shaped the United States to the way it is now. I know not all of you live in the US, not saying I do, but it is important to history. All of you who say it's not important...maybe you live in another country.
As a black person, why are you putting not to be racist after saying black? calling black people black isn't racist. Just trying to figure out why, not trying to be rude.
Load More Replies...I especially like the doors with pictures of prominent black people. It's fun to guess who they are. It's also a great (and fun) opportunity for children to do research.
@kaigz if i throw a rock into a pond the ripple effects can reach the other side. So yes the enslavement of black ppl still affects us today
In the history of humanity there have been more white slaves than black. Maybe you should think beyond black history.
Load More Replies...Do you consider yourself human? Or rather a black-human/white-human? History is history! Not black or white!
No it's not, black history month celebrate the oppression black people went through in America for years and the strength they had to get out of it.
Load More Replies...Some people do see the arts as a waste of time. I used to illustrate my elementary school projects because I'm a visual learner. Rote memorization has its place (it helped me learn multiplication), but it's not the only way to learn. I've met people who were saved by creativity and self-expression, so it's hard for me to argue against it.
Load More Replies...A special month for black folks to claim special victimhood status. Wait a second, I mean a full 12 months. ... YAWN ...
Best believe we are proud of that hair... lol!!! trying to make out that us having lots and lots of big hair is a bad thing. We had years of watching flat thin hair for years, time for us to celebrate ours. People like you always get uncomfortable when you are not the norm, when you are on the outside looking in.... and the people who were kept on the outside now get a chance to say something, say things that you can't identify with... Am sorry you don't understand why the people with lots and lots of hair are significant, but there is a group of people who do understand...
Load More Replies...This particular thing is not discriminatory against "white folks". Who are those "white folks" anyway? (We're all shades of brown.) There are other, much bigger and much more serious problems that ARE indeed discriminatory towards Caucasians. But these awsome decorations to celebrate some kind of liberation is not one of these issues. This is liberation not only from human trafficking and prejudice, it is liberation from stupidity as well. All liberation needs celebrating. ♥
Load More Replies...thats the point of this month... as someone who grew up being taught 'white' history i had no clue that black people played such big roles in science and medicine, all i saw were white faces. That lead to a mindset that there are no black or other races who have contributed to it, growing up it was media that taught me what other black people are like.. so hip hop and rap.. so beyonce was what made me feel comfortable in my body because i was surrounded by people (school, tv, magazines)who didn't look like me and i didn't really get why and had an identity crisis. If we had black history month in my school, it would have opened up a whole new world to me and let me know as a person i can be more than just a hip hop artist. It makes a HUGE difference to someone growing up to see that someone like them can make a big impact in this world.. so basically, we do grow up with posters of white people decorations all the time, we just want the black ones in there to faces in there too!
Load More Replies...Honestly I find it racial discrimination to celebrate black history month no joke
MIKE WALLACE: I’m Jewish. MORGAN FREEMAN: OK. Which month is Jewish History Month? WALLACE: There isn’t one. FREEMAN: Why not? Do you want one? WALLACE: No, no. FREEMAN: I don’t either. I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. WALLACE: How are we going to get rid of racism until …? FREEMAN: Stop talking about it.
It's true. To stop racism, you stop talking about it. Don't even teach kids that it exist. When I was a kid none of the kids knew about racism. Nobody ever taught it to us and none of us were racist. Then around the 9th or 10th grade the history teachers taught us about it and I still remember the entire class being shocked that something stupid like racism exists. A while after students found out about it you started hearing a lot of racism between the students. Nobody is born racist. If we don't teach our kids about it, it will eventually disappear.
Load More Replies...Reading the racist comments on here, it's clear this history month is sorely needed.
What really saddens me is there are no non-black teachers in this post. Why is it that only black people care about black history?
Honestly I'm so bummed that we didn't get to celebrate Black History when I was in school (ages ago). I see it as a way to learn about other cultures that are part of the USA. Learning about other cultures leads to understanding a different point of view....which can Open hearts and minds, and bring the country TOGETHER instead of this constant damaging DIVISIONS we are living with today. In fact, I'd like to see other months devoted to other cultures in our society...an Asian American month, a month for Island cultures, a month for Native Americans, a month for LGBTQ, a month for Creole culture, for European(white) and so on... so much to learn...I don't understand why anyone would be against learning about other cultures. Maybe I've just not studied the culture of bigotry enough? Yes, we need to know the nemesis as well as a friend...knowledge is a powerful key to open doors.
Black (not to be racist) Americans helped shaped the United States to the way it is now. I know not all of you live in the US, not saying I do, but it is important to history. All of you who say it's not important...maybe you live in another country.
As a black person, why are you putting not to be racist after saying black? calling black people black isn't racist. Just trying to figure out why, not trying to be rude.
Load More Replies...I especially like the doors with pictures of prominent black people. It's fun to guess who they are. It's also a great (and fun) opportunity for children to do research.
@kaigz if i throw a rock into a pond the ripple effects can reach the other side. So yes the enslavement of black ppl still affects us today
In the history of humanity there have been more white slaves than black. Maybe you should think beyond black history.
Load More Replies...Do you consider yourself human? Or rather a black-human/white-human? History is history! Not black or white!
No it's not, black history month celebrate the oppression black people went through in America for years and the strength they had to get out of it.
Load More Replies...Some people do see the arts as a waste of time. I used to illustrate my elementary school projects because I'm a visual learner. Rote memorization has its place (it helped me learn multiplication), but it's not the only way to learn. I've met people who were saved by creativity and self-expression, so it's hard for me to argue against it.
Load More Replies...A special month for black folks to claim special victimhood status. Wait a second, I mean a full 12 months. ... YAWN ...
Best believe we are proud of that hair... lol!!! trying to make out that us having lots and lots of big hair is a bad thing. We had years of watching flat thin hair for years, time for us to celebrate ours. People like you always get uncomfortable when you are not the norm, when you are on the outside looking in.... and the people who were kept on the outside now get a chance to say something, say things that you can't identify with... Am sorry you don't understand why the people with lots and lots of hair are significant, but there is a group of people who do understand...
Load More Replies...This particular thing is not discriminatory against "white folks". Who are those "white folks" anyway? (We're all shades of brown.) There are other, much bigger and much more serious problems that ARE indeed discriminatory towards Caucasians. But these awsome decorations to celebrate some kind of liberation is not one of these issues. This is liberation not only from human trafficking and prejudice, it is liberation from stupidity as well. All liberation needs celebrating. ♥
Load More Replies...thats the point of this month... as someone who grew up being taught 'white' history i had no clue that black people played such big roles in science and medicine, all i saw were white faces. That lead to a mindset that there are no black or other races who have contributed to it, growing up it was media that taught me what other black people are like.. so hip hop and rap.. so beyonce was what made me feel comfortable in my body because i was surrounded by people (school, tv, magazines)who didn't look like me and i didn't really get why and had an identity crisis. If we had black history month in my school, it would have opened up a whole new world to me and let me know as a person i can be more than just a hip hop artist. It makes a HUGE difference to someone growing up to see that someone like them can make a big impact in this world.. so basically, we do grow up with posters of white people decorations all the time, we just want the black ones in there to faces in there too!
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