A Detroit City Council committee took a step on Thursday toward officially recognizing the former longtime flat of civil ...

Rosa Parks: "I had been pushed as far as I could stand" On her 100th birthday, a new book argues the civil rights icon's rebellion goes beyond that one famous refusal 02/03/2013 21:00 UTC ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces the appointment of Iris Rodriguez-Rosa as commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (NYC Parks) and that the city has completed a $23 ...

Iris Rodriguez-Rosa is appointed as NYC's first Latina Parks Commissioner, succeeding Sue Donoghue, to manage the city's 30,000 acres of parkland. She aims to address a lifeguard shortage and ...

The cutout of Parks will stay on the bus from Feb. 4, what would have been her 109th birthday, through Feb. 10. The designation sign on the decorated bus will say ‘Remembering Rosa Parks’ on it for ...