{"id":14432,"date":"2025-08-14T14:39:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/clayton-county-teachers-video-celebrating-black-male-educators-goes-viral\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:39:20","slug":"clayton-county-teachers-video-celebrating-black-male-educators-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/clayton-county-teachers-video-celebrating-black-male-educators-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Clayton County teacher\u2019s video celebrating Black male educators goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFDF2293BAB34AFAE451263D1DB583FA.jpg\" alt=\"Clayton County teacher goes viral\"\/>  <\/p>\n<h4>Clayton County teacher goes viral<\/h4>\n<p>A Clayton County teacher posted a video of himself greeting other Black male colleagues at his school and the video has now gone viral. Black males make up less than 2% of public school teachers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>The Brief<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Clayton County teacher Alfred &quot;Shivy&quot; Brooks posts viral video highlighting Black male educators.<\/li>\n<li>Black male teachers make up less than 2% of public school educators nationwide.<\/li>\n<li>Rapper Common shares the video on Instagram, calling them &quot;Super heroes.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga.<\/strong> &#8211; A Clayton County high school teacher\u2019s Instagram video is gaining national attention for celebrating representation in education.<\/p>\n<p>What we know:<\/p>\n<p>Alfred &quot;Shivy&quot; Brooks, one of the Black male teachers at Charles R. Drew High School, posted a clip showing him greeting his fellow Black male colleagues in the school hallways. <\/p>\n<p>The simple but powerful moment highlights a demographic that makes up less than 2% of public school teachers nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Why you should care:<\/p>\n<p>Brooks said having Black male educators in schools can make a meaningful difference for students, offering representation and role models they can relate to. <\/p>\n<p>What they&#039;re saying:<\/p>\n<p>The video\u2019s message resonated widely, even catching the attention of Grammy Award-winning rapper Common, who shared the post on his Instagram with the caption &quot;Super heroes.&quot;<\/p>\n<h4>The Source<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Information for above story came from posts on social media. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clayton County teacher goes viral A Clayton County teacher posted a video of himself greeting other Black male colleagues at his school and the video has now gone viral. Black males make up less than 2% of public school teachers.<br \/>\n The Brief Clayton County teacher Alfred &#8220;Shivy&#8221; Brooks posts viral video highlighting Black male educators.Black male teachers make up less than 2% of public school educators nationwide.Rapper Common shares the video on Instagram, calling them &#8220;Super heroes.&#8221; CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. &#8211; A Clayton County high school teacher\u2019s Instagram video is gaining national attention for celebrating representation in education.<br \/>\n What we know:<br \/>\n Alfred &#8220;Shivy&#8221; Brooks, one of the Black male teachers at Charles R. Drew High School, posted a clip showing him greeting his fellow Black male colleagues in the school hallways.<br \/>\n The simple but powerful moment highlights a demographic that makes up less than 2% of public school teachers nationwide.<br \/>\n Why you should care:<br \/>\n Brooks said havin..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14435,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14432\/revisions\/14435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}