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There are many ways to celebrate Black History Month around DC: Expand your mind with a talk on Afrofuturism, watch a powerful chorus concert, or cook Gullah Geechee-style crab fried rice while you learn about the southern culture. Here are a few ideas for how you should spend your time this month. On history: Dinner included: Learn about the food and culture of the Gullah Geechee community in this virtual talk presented by the Museum of Food and Drink and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Chefs Amethyst Ganaway and Benjamin Dennis will make crab fried rice, and cooks at home can follow alo...

Honor and Learn This Black History Month More than ever, this month is a welcome time for the education and celebration of Black American culture. Clockwise from left, “Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America”; Lakeith Stanfield in “Judas and the Black Messiah"; “One Night in Miami” directed by Regina King; a performance by Sing Harlem choir; and Clover Hope, author of "The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop.”Credit...Warner Bros. ("Judas and the Black Messiah"); Patti Perret/Amazon Studios ("One Night in Miami"); Krista Schlueter for The New York Times (Si...

>> ladies and gentlemen, join me in honoring cnn hero and my new brooklyn neighbor dr. rob gore. [ applause ] >> oh, man, thank you, cnn. thank you to all our supporters. i'm not going to lie but it's pretty freaking awesome to save a life, but it's even more powerful to prevent someone from becoming a patient. violent trama is devastating to the people we work with and every single person connected to that person. loved ones, their classmates and their entire communities.

Life is crazy. >> what is violence? >> dr. gore helps me think how we can actually get change in this community. >> we want people to be able to live and be able to heal. i want to make sure our community can thrive. >> ladies and gentlemen, join me in honoring cnn hero and my new neighborhood dr. rob gore. >> thank you, cnn. thank you to all our supporters. i'm not going to lie. it's pretty awesome to save a

As an er doctor in new york, cnn hero dr. rob gore was frustrated by how many men of color were being hurt and killed in street vines. today his nonprofit the kings against vines assist victims of vines, mentors and supports more than 250 at risk students. >> i don't like pronouncing people dead. it's probably the worst thing that i've ever had to do. i want to preserve life. when i see patients that are coming in with violent injuries, when it's somebody who looks like you from your neighborhood, a lot of this stuff really hits home. you realize i don't want this to happen anymore. what do wo...