Mike Ilitch, the founder of Little Caesars Pizza, secretly paid Rosa Parks' rent for the last eleven years of her life. He never made it public. In 1994, Mrs. Parks was 81 years old when she was attacked and robbed in her Detroit home. Mike read about it in the paper and offered to pay her rent for as long as she needed. He paid it until she died in 2005. The story didn't come out until 2014.

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00:00 Intro

00:39 Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott

01:44 The Attack at Her Home

03:08 Mike Ilitch Steps In

04:43 11 Years of Rent Checks

05:15 Judge Keith Reveals the Secret

05:56 Why Rosa Didn't Give Up Her Seat

06:29 Her Honorary Doctorate

07:22 Outro

This is Wail Alselwi, also known as Island Ock, and he's the co-owner of a deli in Staten Island, New York called Zack's Finest Deli & Grocery. In 2023, he started a program called Grades for Grabs where kids who came into his store with a 90+ average on their report card could get $100 and anything they wanted from the store.

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Website - https://islandock.com/

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00:00 Intro

00:58 What Started It All

03:02 The Hall of Fame Wall

04:36 From Yemen to New York

06:10 Grades for Grabs

07:52 Back to School Giveaway

08:51 Meeting Island Ock

09:49 Outro

Longtime CBS News journalist Steve Hartman tells stories about kindness and hope. Steve is best known for his "On the Road" segment on the CBS Evening News and CBS Sunday Morning, and his "Kindness 101" segment on CBS Mornings. For almost 40 years, he has interviewed everyday people, and he reminds all of us that kindness is what makes us human.

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Footage used courtesy of CBS News, CBS Sunday Morning, Inside Edition, News on 6, WTOL 11, WFSB 3, WKYT, UT10 News, KSTP, All the Empty Rooms (Netflix), Photography by Lou Bopp.