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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 With a headline blaring “Mike Ilitch paid for Rosa Parks’ housing for more than a decade,” the TV station’s story is just not true. The headline repeats itself on national black media sites and elsewhere. Not true. By all accounts, but particularly an Associated Press report from December 2004, Parks fell behind on her rent in 2002 Sports Business Journal reported in 2014 about the late Mike Ilitch's good dead for civil rights icon. When Rosa Parks was robbed, Little Caesars's founder stepped up a $2,000 check that 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 Mike Ilitch, in addition to owning Little Caesars Pizza and the Detroit Tigers, was also a prominent participant in the civil rights movement. Article continues below advertisement When he read about the attack on Rosa Parks's life, Judge Damon Keith immediately tried to find a safer, newer apartment for Parks to live in, per USA Today . Following the death of Michael “Mike” Ilitch, the founder of Little Caesars Pizza, several of his acts of kindness have been revealed, including the generosity towards iconic civil rights Little Caesars founder paid Rosa Parks' rent for 11 years Less than a week ago, when the death of Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch made news, his family shared stories of his vision, work 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 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 gift is also mentioned in a June 2016 letter that Keith sent to Mike and Marian Ilitch. "Mike, on another note, I was looking over my file for Rosa Parks, specifically, after she was beaten up 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. Mike Ilitch once paid Rosa Parks' rent 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 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. 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 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 When he learned of the assault, local businessman Mike Ilitch—founder of the Little Caesars Pizza chain and owner of the Detroit Tigers baseball and Red Wings hockey teams—sprang into action. 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 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 After Ilitch read about Parks’ search in the newspaper, he contacted Keith and offered to pay for Parks’ rent ($2,000 a month) in perpetuity. In total, Ilitch paid for Parks’ rent from 1994 until her death in 2005. It’s about the time Mike Ilitch came to the aid of Rosa Parks, whose legendary defiance of segregation in 1955 led to the black civil rights movement. Judge Damon Keith shows one of the checks that Ilitch paid for civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks’ housing.
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