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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 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. 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. 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 Mike Illitch, the owner of Little Caesars, passed away at the age of 87, on February 10, and with his passing has resurfaced the story of how he came to help out Rosa Parks live out the rest of 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 Wikimedia Commons; Dave Sandford/Getty Images Left: Rosa Parks in 1955. Right: Michael Ilitch in 2007. Right: Michael Ilitch in 2007. Little Caesars’ founder Michael Ilitch, who passed away this past Friday, personally paid Rosa Parks’ rent for more than ten years. Keith even showed the reporter a copy of a 1994 check for $2,000 from Little Caesars Enterprises to Riverfront Apartments. It has taken on a new life in light of Ilitch’s death on Friday at the 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. 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. 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. It has taken on a new life in light of Ilitch's death on Friday at the age of 87. Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley posted on Facebook a link to an article on the subject on Friday. With the help of others in the city, he found Parks a new apartment just south of downtown, along the Detroit River. Until her death 11 years later, he also quietly paid her rent. Mike Illitch, founder of the Little Caesars pizza chain, quietly paid civil rights activist Rosa Parks' rent for years when she was in need. His good deed is 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 Keith showed a reporter a $2,000 check, dated Nov. 1, 1994 from Little Caesars Enterprises to Riverfront Apartments. Ilitch went on to pay Parks’ rent until she died in 2005. Advertisement 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. Following the 1994 attack, Parks wanted to move somewhere safer but couldn’t afford it, as she'd been donating all her speaking fees. A federal judge, Damon Keith, spoke out about this, and help came from an unlikely source: Mike Ilitch, the founder of Little Caesars.
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