Rosa Parks transformed American history with her quiet defiance. On December 1, 1955, her refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked a pivotal moment in the fight against racial ...

Statues of civil rights activist Rosa Parks and disability rights activist Helen Keller are scheduled to be dedicated on the ...

Iris Rodríguez-Rosa has been appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks), ...

We rely on reader and advertising support to fund our reporting. Show your love for Baltimore by powering the stories that illuminate what makes Baltimore unique, and helping to keep access free for ...

Crusading journalist and an­ti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett is born in Holly Springs, Miss. Wells-Bar­nett was a true militant activist. Her ed­itorials so angered Whites in the Mem­phis, ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - One of the most beloved icons of the Civil Rights Movement came to Jackson 29 years ago July 15. 83-year-old Rosa Parks was here as part of a 20-city tour of civil-rights ...

Trump’s 2021 executive order named 244 people to include in a garden of American heroes, and $40 million was allotted this month to build it.

On this edition of Tiempo, we get to know New York City Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, who is the first Latina to hold the post.

Oops! The planned National Garden of American Heroes accidentally serves to highlight the importance of welcoming ...

Five new “futuristic” stainless steel public toilets were unveiled at parks across the city Tuesday, each costing taxpayers about $1 million per John, city officials said – though each ...

Rosa Parks and her husband Raymond lived in the Detroit flat from 1961 until 1988. The flat's owner sought the historic district designation.