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Alabama Supreme Court blocks suit over Rosa Parks Museum

The Alabama Supreme Court is blocking a lawsuit against Troy University by the Rosa Parks estate.
The late civil rights leader's Detroit-based institute accused the school of violating an agreement when it expanded a museum bearing her name.The Rosa Parks Library and Museum was developed by Troy on its Montgomery campus and has become a civil rights tourist attraction.
The suit accused the university of exceeding the museum's authorized size and failing to collaborate with the institute on a planned children's wing. The institute also says the university didn't create a scholarship in Parks' name.
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