Browsing: Historian Alan Spears

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 ā€œoff limitsā€ to us for years. On April 13, former President Barack Obama launched his new Netflix series, ā€œOur Great National Parks.ā€ On April 6 the National Parks Conservation Association honoured three ā€œadvocates 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.