Rosa Parks’ home displayed in Italy as US race tensions rise

Rosa Parks’ home displayed in Italy as US race tensions rise
The rebuilt house of the civil rights activist Rosa Parks (Michael Sohn/AP)

The run-down, paint-chipped Detroit house where US civil rights activist Rosa Parks took refuge after her historic bus boycott is going on display in Italy.

The setting could not be more incongruous – the imposing central courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples.

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