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Rosa Parks’ home displayed in Italy as U.S. race tensions rise

Art & Culture 09/15/2020

NAPLES, Italy (AP) – The run-down, paint-chipped Detroit house where United States civil rights icon Rosa Parks took refuge after her historic bus boycott...

THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL of Design held a symposium centered on the Rosa Parks family home currently on display at WaterFire Arts Center in Providence. Their announcement of the symposium came more than two months after Brown University dropped ties with the home's owner and artist, Ryan Mendoza. / COURTESY FABIA MENDOZA

Rosa Parks House Project endures

Hot Topic 05/25/2018

At one point, it looked like the Providence tenure of the Rosa Parks House Project would be over before the public ever got the...

WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE announced Wednesday it has scheduled weekend hours to accommodate the large public interest in the "Rosa Parks House Project" currently on display in the Providence nonprofit arts space. / COURTESY FABIA MENDOZA

WaterFire extends public viewing of Rosa Parks exhibit

Education 03/29/2018

PROVIDENCE - WaterFire Providence will open its doors this weekend in an effort to allow more of the public to view a reconstructed home...

THE ROSA PARKS HOUSE, under construction at WaterFire Providence until the exhibit was canceled by Brown University. Waterfire is still hoping to host the exhibit without Brown's support. / PBN FILE PHOTO

WaterFire still wants to host Rosa Parks exhibit

Education 03/09/2018

PROVIDENCE – A home that once belonged to the family of civil rights icon Rosa Parks may yet be unveiled in the city, despite...

IN A STATEMENT Thursday, Brown University announced the cancellation of a planned display of the above pictured Rosa Parks family home. The exhibit had been slated to run for three months at WaterFire Providence. On Friday, WaterFire said that it was going to explore ways to keep the exhibit on track for completion. / COURTESY  FABIA MENDOZA

Brown cancels display of Rosa Parks home

Education 03/08/2018

PROVIDENCE – Without consulting the artist and owner of the work, in a statement late Thursday afternoon, Brown University announced it had cancelled the...

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