Beechwood Cemetery (Durham, North Carolina)
Beechwood Cemetery  is a city-owned cemetery in Durham, North Carolina, established in 1924 or 1926. Maplewood, the city's other public cemetery was historically white while Beechwood is historically black stemming from the city's segregation at their inception. It is the burial location of key Black figures in Durham's history. The five cemeteries, which Beechwood replaced when the city purchased 25 acres from R.L. McDougald, were mostly full and undermaintained.