The Incredible Story of How 1 Man Secretly Paid Rosa Parks's Rent For Years

     


We now have yet another reason to revere MichaelIlitch following the news ofhis death on Feb. 10.

 Ilitch was the founder of pizza joint Little Caesars and owner of the Detroit Tigers, but he also had animpact on one of the most notable icons of the Civil Rights Movement.Ilitch quietlypaid.

 for Rosa Parks's housingin downtown Detroit for more than a decade until shepassed away in 2005, according to WXYZ Detroit. 

Parks was living in Detroit when, in 1994, someonerobbed and assaulted her in her home. 

She then moved to a safer apartment complex; when Ilitch heard about the story, he offered to pay for her housing.News of his kind actionsoriginally

 came of light back in 2014, when Detroit judge Damon Keith came forth with the story forSports Business Daily.

 "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 our city," he told the journal.