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It was seventy years ago today that civil rights icon Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat on a Montgomery City bus to a white male passenger. The incident helped spark the Montgomery bus boycott a few days later. That 381-day long action would help propel Parks and Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior into the international spotlight.
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The house of civil rights icon Rosa Parks is now on display—in Italy.After a journey spanning two continents and three countries, Parks’ Detroit home is…