Melvin Parson Entrepreneurship Interview

01

Artifact Overview

Melvin Parson, founder of We The People Growers Association, was the Spring 2019 Entrepreneur-In-Residence at The Henry Ford, funded by the William Davidson Foundation Initiative for Entrepreneurship. Driven by his mission for equality and social justice, Parson uses vegetable farming as the vehicle to address social ills. During his residency, museum staff interviewed Parson at his garden in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital photograph

Date Made

05 April 2019

Subject Date

05 April 2019

Creator Notes

Photographed by Jillian Ferraiuolo.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.358.1.4.11

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Digital photography (Digital camera)

Color

Multicolored