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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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ShiftyLookinNinjaPandaGirl ShiftyLookinNinjaPandaGirl Community Member Follow
BEAUTIFUL!
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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
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wusah wusah Community Member Follow
Loooooooove it!! Love them all! Sincerely an art teacher
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ShiftyLookinNinjaPandaGirl ShiftyLookinNinjaPandaGirl Community Member Follow
Very stylish! I'm loving it!
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ShiftyLookinNinjaPandaGirl ShiftyLookinNinjaPandaGirl Community Member Follow
I love this one, you did a great job!
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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 basem*nt 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!
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Jodi Ellis Jodi Ellis Community Member Follow
Awesome job on the door.
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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!
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Jodi Ellis Jodi Ellis Community Member Follow
Glad to see a male get involved as well. Great job on the door.
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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
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Samantha Olsen-Salonis Samantha Olsen-Salonis Community Member Follow
Good for you. Censorship is unAmerican. Shame on your principal!
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Devin Robinson Devin Robinson Community Member Follow
If you haven't heard "Strange Fruit", go listen to it. It's such a haunting song
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Lanetta Bohanon Lanetta Bohanon Community Member Follow
So much detail in this one! Love it!
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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.
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Pseudo Puppy Pseudo Puppy Community Member Follow
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.
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Kaisu Rei Kaisu Rei Community Member Follow
This is amazing, I love how teachers put the effort to celebrate black history month!
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Kaisu Rei Kaisu Rei Community Member Follow
This is really unique and different from the others, I love it!
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Rebekah Rebekah Community Member Follow
Beautiful!
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Jamal W Jamal W Community Member Follow
Haha, this is dope! I know her
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Naomi George Naomi George Community Member Follow
So much detail though.
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Rebekah Rebekah Community Member Follow
Love the earrings.
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Kaisu Rei Kaisu Rei Community Member Follow
Love the colours!
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I love this and she's gorgeous!
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My husband and I decorated his classroom door for Black History Month
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Martha Meyer Martha Meyer Community Member Follow
Love this one!
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Don't touch my hair xD that's me with all my friends
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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?
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So many amazing and iconic black people, both current and past!
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Honestly I find it racial discrimination to celebrate black history month no joke
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so does Morgan Freeman
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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.
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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.
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I wish they did things like this when I was in school
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Honestly I find it racial discrimination to celebrate black history month no joke
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so does Morgan Freeman
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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.
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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.
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I wish they did things like this when I was in school
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