Teachers around the country are decking out their doors for Black History Month, and the results are

Posted by Jenniffer Sheldon on Saturday, August 3, 2024

The paper and fabric-based designs are larger-than-life, depicting faces of famous black figures throughout history and boasting vibrant colors. One teacher created a door dedicated to Ruby Bridges, the first African-American student to desegregate an all-white school district in 1960, with the message: "We are brave like Ruby."

Here are a few of the most awe-inspiring doors shared on Instagram and Twitter for this year's Black History Month.

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She titled it Black History Month, and the art club at her school helped her create the character's lifelike hair.

In her photo's caption, Instagram user isapartycreations says she always kicks off Black History Month by sharing Ruby Bridges' story, and asks her students to write about bravery.

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Spoiler: It's the face of Kenya Moore Daly , the second black woman to be crowned Miss USA in 1993.

The quote "Who are you not to be?" can be found in the background of this door decoration, toward the left side.

The question is from a poem by Marianne Williamson called " Our Deepest Fear," in which she writes, "We ask ourselves/Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?/Actually, who are younotto be?"

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Special education teacher Hollie Tubbs teaches in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and made waves after creating this larger-than-life door for Black History Month. Its design was purposefully layered and tactile, so that her autistic students could interact with the display.

Tubbs told the New York Daily News, "I wanted it to be a black womans face. I wanted her to pay homage to all the other African-Americans who were successful in their own right in various fields."

She wrote in her caption: "My 8yr old self is the person I admire the most ... at such a young age I knew my trials and tribulations were only temporary and here I am today! One day I hope Ill get a call from one of my students expressing how I inspired them!"

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