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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 DETROIT — When the founder of Little Caesars and owner of the Detroit Tigers and Mike Ilitch reportedly once paid the rent of civil rights activist Rosa Parks when she moved into a Detroit Little Caesars is a popular pizza chain famous for its cheap menu options and its now-retired catchphrase, "Pizza! Pizza!" However, there's more to this budget-friendly pizzeria than meets the eye. The company's founder, Mike Ilitch, was a benefactor of Rosa Parks, the iconic civil rights activist. 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. Parks lived in the apartment until 2005. Word didn't get out about Ilitch's silent gesture of respect to the woman who was one of the most important people in American history until 2014. Keith showed Sports Business Daily the original 1994 check for $2,000 from Little Caesars Enterprises to Riverfront Apartments. Mike Ilitch was known for being the founder of Little Caesars and owner of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers, but he quietly made a difference in the life of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. 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. 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. At the time, Parks was 81 years old and the incident caused many involved in Detroit’s civil rights movement, such as federal judge Damon Keith, to search for a new home for Parks. She was by this time a long-time Detroit resident, having moved there soon after the Alabama bus boycott. 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 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 Little Caesars Amateur Hockey Program, established by Ilitch in 1968, helped thousands of children. [50] Additionally, Ilitch Charities for Children was founded in 2000 as a non-profit foundation dedicated to improving the lives of children in the areas of health, education, and recreation. The story also shows a picture of Keith with a copy of a $2,000 check that Ilitch's Little Caesars “It’s important that people know what Mr. Mike Ilitch did for Ms. Rosa Parks because it 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. Little Caesars Founder Paid Rosa Parks’ Rent For Over A Decade. USA Today/History. After launching his Little Caesars restaurants in 1959, it went on to become the third largest pizza 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. 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 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. In a nod to Ilitch’s time as a U.S. marine, the Little Caesars pizza chain offers deep discounts to veterans who want to launch a franchise. Knowing that charity begins at home, Ilitch’s philanthropy also included the Little Caesars Love Kitchen, created in 1985 to aid the hungry and people caught up in disasters. WASHINGTON – SEPTEMBER 17: Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. founder Michael Ilitch (R) hands out pizza made by the Little Caesars Love Kitchen, a mobile pizza kitchen, in front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building September 17, 2007 in Washington, DC.
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