There are plenty of ways to celebrate Black History Month here in Los Angeles, whether you\u2019re looking to honor jazz innovators like Miles Davis or recognize those who are making history now, including a Black woman-founded grocery store that provides organic vegan produce to South L.A. neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
This year marks the centennial celebration of Black history across the United States \u2014 though that time frame spans only a fragment of how long African Americans have been contributing to this country.<\/p>\n
In 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson and the Assn. for the Study of Negro Life and History spearheaded the first celebration of Negro History Week during the second week of February, overlapping with Frederick Douglass\u2019 birthday on Feb. 14 \u2014 to encourage the study of African American history. President Gerald Ford officially designated February as Black History Month in 1976, during the U.S. Bicentennial.<\/p>\n
The culinary achievements of Black Americans<\/a> are countless, from the early cooks who codified the foundations of Southern cuisine to activists who launched affordable food hubs in underserved neighborhoods<\/a> and restaurateurs helming some of the best restaurants in the country.<\/p>\n Here are 15 ways to celebrate Black History Month 2026 deliciously in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are plenty of ways to celebrate Black History Month here in Los Angeles, whether you\u2019re looking to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[78859,30705,68879,78864,7363,13052,78863,78860,48,52,51,47,50,49,78861,78858,78862,39602,4743,8843],"class_list":["post-162650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-african-american-history","tag-birthday","tag-black-history-month","tag-centennial-celebration","tag-country","tag-february","tag-first-celebration","tag-frederick-douglass","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-negro-history-week","tag-negro-life","tag-second-week","tag-southern-cuisine","tag-study","tag-way"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}