Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi? When 14-year-old Emmett Till left Chicago for ...
With Booker T. Washington’s help, Julius Rosenwald built 5,000 schools for Black students across 15 Southern states. Why do so few people know his name? Mostly, what Newell Quinton knew about his ...
Every national park site sits on ancestral lands. So what does it mean to be a Native American working for the Park Service today? “I am not an artifact,” said Albert LeBeau III, an archaeologist and ...
For decades, advocates have defended Manassas National Battlefield Park from one threat after another. Now with the specter of a massive data center project looming, they may be facing their biggest ...
Good work is already happening in park landscapes across the country – but there is much more that can be done. Urge your member of Congress to support the Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act.
Teresa Baker is founder of the African American National Park Event, which provides communities across the country with opportunities to participate in events that speak to culture, heritage, and ...
Factor by which the temperatures in national park areas increased compared to the U.S. as a whole, from 1895 to 2010* These 10 examples demonstrate how climate change is affecting the parks, based on ...
The quest to create a national park site about the Black Panther Party. DeFremery Park shimmers invitingly in the beaming sunlight of an October afternoon. While most of California has turned toasted ...
NPCA believes that as this complex nation continues to grow and evolve, so must its protected lands. All across the country, we’re hearing from communities calling for the creation of new national ...