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Those who knew Mike Ilitch, the Little Caesars founder and Detroit Tigers owner who died last Friday, have spent the past few days fondly remembering his impact on friends, on Detroit residents It’s from Little Caesars Enterprises to Riverfront Apartments, and I know it was just one of many,” said Keith, 91, who has been a U.S. Court of Appeals judge in Detroit for the last 46 years. “It’s important that people know what Mr. Mike Ilitch did for Ms. Rosa Parks because it’s symbolic of what he has always done for the people of DETROIT — When the founder of Little Caesars and owner of the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings died Friday, one story about his good deeds may have been overlooked.. Mike Ilitch reportedly The founder of Little Caesars used to pay Rosa Parks’ rent when she lived in Detroit in the 90s. I’ll never turn down their pizza. — the boy (@briskybe) July 11, 2018 Rosa Parks (Source: CNN) (WMC) - In the wake of Mike Ilitch's death last Friday, reports are now surfacing that the Little Caesars founder and Detroit Tigers owner quietly supported the woman who launched the American civil rights movement. Giving In Silence: For Decades, Little Caesars Pizza Founder Paid Rosa Parks’ Rent Paying Rosa Parks’ rent was one the entrepreneur's many generous actions. He died last week at the age of 87. After Parks was robbed and assaulted in 1994, pizza chain founder Michael Ilitch offered to pay her rent in perpetuity. Wikimedia Commons; Dave Sandford/Getty Images Left: Rosa Parks in 1955. Right: Michael Ilitch in 2007. Those who knew Mike Ilitch, the Little Caesars founder and Detroit Tigers owner who died last Friday, have spent the past few days fondly remembering his impact on friends, on Detroit residents This is how Little Caesars' late founder Mike Ilitch came to help a civil rights icon when she was in need. Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks sits in a 1950s-era bus in Alabama, in this 1995 Little Caesars Founder Paid Rosa Parks’ Rent For Over A Decade After a 1994 burglary, Detroit businessman Mike Ilitch offered to pay Parks' housing for as long as necessary. The story also shows a picture of Keith with a copy of a $2,000 check that Ilitch's Little Caesars Enterprises made toward Riverfront Apartments on Nov. 1, 1994. Michael Ilitch Sr. (July 20, 1929 – February 10, 2017), also known as Mr.I, was an American entrepreneur and restaurateur who served as the founder and owner of the international fast food franchise Little Caesars Pizza. Those who knew Mike Ilitch, the Little Caesars founder and Detroit Tigers owner who died last Friday, have spent the past few days fondly remembering his impact on friends, on Detroit residents In 1955, Rosa Parks very publicly changed the lives of countless others. In 1994, one person secretly helped to change hers. When Parks was assaulted and robbed in her home at the age of 81, the founder of Little Caesars (and the owner of both the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings) stepped up. Mike Ilitch, the founder of Little Caesar’s, quietly paid for Rosa Parks’ rent after learning she had been robbed and assaulted in her home at the age of 81 in 1994. He helped her move to a safer neighborhood and continued to pay her rent until she died in 2005. A federal judge, Damon Keith, spoke out about this, and help came from an unlikely source: Mike Ilitch, the founder of Little Caesars. Ilitch paid for her to move to a new secure high-rise and offered to keep paying the rent for the rest of her life (in her final years, a church would pay her rent, and then the building owner finally let her Ilitch went on to pay Parks’ rent until she died in 2005. Advertisement. This post Little Caesars Founder Paid Rosa Parks’ Rent For Over A Decade first appeared on Vibe. "Mike Ilitch Paid for Rosa Parks' Housing for More Than a Decade." 11 February 2017. UPI. "Little Caesars Founder Earns Vets Award." 18 September 2007. Press Release. "Veterans Affairs Secretary Little Caesars' Billionaire Founder Mike Ilitch Paid Rosa Parks's Rent for Years Some feel-good news in the world of fast food magnates By Kate Sullivan Published: Feb 16, 2017 10:06 AM EST Those who knew Mike Ilitch, the Little Caesars founder and Detroit Tigers owner who died last Friday, have spent the past few days fondly remembering his impact on friends, on Detroit residents
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