![Jessie Wooden, owner of the Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, sits on a crypt, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in the Brownsville neighborhood of Miami. Wooden bought the cemetery after finding out that his mother, who died when he was an infant, was buried there. “All my life I didn’t know her. All I knew that mom was gone,” he says. “For me to be able to come where she’s resting at and be able to just to say a little prayer and talk to her, oh, that means so much to me.”](https://media.nbcsandiego.com/2024/03/AP24073555492418.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=850%2C478)
As threats to Black cemeteries persist, a movement to preserve their sacred heritage gains strength
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Cooking nonprofit combines Black History and healthy food
Black Girls Cook is a Miami and Baltimore-based nonprofit helping young girls embrace the farm-to-table concept while also learning about Black Diaspora history.
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AMC offering $5 tickets to watch these movies during Black History Month
AMC Theaters is celebrating Black History Month with $5 tickets to movies that highlight the Black experience.
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Here's how you can celebrate Black history this February
Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated February as Black History Month.
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What you need to know about the origins of Black History Month
Black History Month begins each year on the first day of February.