The Michigan high school seniors are the latest recipients of scholarships honoring civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

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Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday appointed Iris Rodriguez-Rosa as the newest parks commissioner, making her the first Latina to ...

Iris Rodriguez-Rosa is appointed as NYC's first Latina Parks Commissioner, succeeding Sue Donoghue, to manage the city's ...

But one of the most revered is Rosa Parks, the godmother of the movement. The civil rights icon served as a catalyst for social justice demonstrations when in 1955 she refused to give up her seat for ...

Phaedra Parks recognized an unmistakable opportunity when Kenya Moore was fired from The Real Housewives of Atlanta earlier this season. To her credit, she did not let it go to waste, and now the ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in ...

That’s exactly what this year’s Gordon Parks Foundation Gala offered. Parks was a legendary photographer who passed away in 2006; he was the first Black photographer to work for Vogue and Life ...

Recent protests in St. Paul evoke the work of Gordon Parks, an influential 20th-century interpreter of African American life and culture. Gordon Parks became one of the 20th century's most ...

In early 2023, a change in how green card applications for foreign-born religious workers are processed upended what had been a quick and predictable process for such workers to obtain permanent ...

On this day 100 years ago, the man who would become Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Neb. His message and legacy continues to outrage some and inspire many. One hundred years ago today, Malcolm Little ...