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 ...

The city of Lakeland is changing Webster Park to make it her namesake. Members of the Lakeland Chapter of the NAACP, ...

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

Clarence Walker was one of the most influential Baptist pastors — not just in Kentucky, but in all the Southland. Born in Dyer County, Tenn., on May 29, 1890, the Walker family moved to Louisville, Ky ...

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 ...

Woodbridge, one of Detroit’s venerable neighborhoods, took a step towards affordable living with the groundbreaking of 4401 Rosa Parks Apartments, a new affordable housing community, adding 60 ...

Chloe Parks was born to play softball. From the time she could walk, she had a bright yellow ball in her hands. Growing up outside of Indianapolis, Parks would constantly be practicing with her ...

The 4401 Rosa Parks Apartments development is a collaboration of nonprofit developer Cinnaire Solutions and Woodbridge Neighborhood Development, a community-based organization dedicated to ...