Palmira N. Ríos (born 1956) is an Afro-Puerto Rican academic who has worked as a professor in New York, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
She has served as a commissioner and president of the Puerto Rican Civil Rights Commission, the first person of color or woman to be appointed to the government body.
The Bar Association of Puerto Rico honored Ríos with the Martin Luther King Jr.-Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Medal for her efforts to promote racial equality.
[5] She continued to serve on the commission until 2013[1] and in 2016 was honored with the Martin Luther King Jr.-Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Medal from the Bar Association of Puerto Rico for her efforts in promoting racial equality on the island.
[10] She continues to work in activism to promote the civil and human rights of migrants, the LGBT community, and improve racial relationships within society.