Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Americans of African descent are blazing new trails and opening new possibilities in the arena of National Parks and public lands that have been mostly āoff limitsā to us for years. On April 13, former President Barack Obama launched his new Netflix series, āOur Great National Parks.ā On April 6 the National Parks Conservation Association honoured three āadvocates for inclusion in parks,ā two of whom were Black, alongside a member of the Blackfeet nation. Suddenly it seems like Blacks and Parks are the rage.