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Restaurant tycoon Mike Ilitch died on Friday at the age of 87. The Detroit native had paid for Rosa Parks' apartment in a safer area of the city 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 Mike Ilitch reportedly once paid the rent of civil rights activist Rosa Parks when she moved into a Detroit apartment complex in 1994. he called the judge and said he would pay for Parks 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. When Illitch read about the plan in the paper, he called Keith and said that he would pay for Parks's rent for as long as needed. Mike Ilitch, the former Detroit Tigers and Red Wings owner who died last week, quietly paid the rent for civil rights icon Rosa Parks during her later years. Ilitch was known for his philanthropic The judge said Ilitch paid Parks' mortgage until the day she died in 2005. Parks is known as "The First Lady of Civil Rights," after she refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus, sparking a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, which then led to nationwide protests to end segregation in public facilities. Ilitch read the story in the newspaper and called Keith, offering to pay for Parks’ housing indefinitely. With no fanfare, Ilitch continued paying for the apartment until Parks died in 2005 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. Mike Ilitch paid her rent until she died in 2005. Rosa Parks was most known for launching the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery For over ten years, the Detroit businessman paid the rent of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, according to a 2014 news article from Sports Business Daily. Though locally reported, the information was Mike Ilitch once paid Rosa Parks' rent Sports Business Journal reported in 2014 about the late Tigers, Red Wings owner's good deed for a civil rights icon. Brian Manzullo. Detroit Free Press. 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. 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. 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. Ilitch read the story in the newspaper, contacted Keith and offered to pay her rent for the rest of her life, which he did until Parks died in 2005. Ilitch’s help, without any fanfare, showed The news that the business owner had arranged to pay for Parks' rent first appeared back in 2014, when a federal judge spoke with the Sports Business Journal. "It's important that people know what Now, as Detroit marks the loss of the pizza magnate, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley has shared the story of how Ilitch paid Rosa Parks’ rent for over a decade. For more Rosa Parks facts, check out: The African-American Ladies Who Made a Stand Before Rosa Parks. The Republican Party Honors Rosa Parks By Declaring That Racism No Longer Exists. 4 Ways To Make Sure Your Protest Really Makes A Difference. Top image: John Mathew Smith Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks sits in a 1950s-era bus in Alabama, in this 1995 file photo, 40 years after she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white person Ilitch quietly paid Rosa Parks' rent until she died Back in February 2014, SportsBusiness Daily reported that Ilitch had arranged to pay for housing for civil rights icon Rosa Parks after she was
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