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- "We The People Opportunity Farm" T-Shirt, 2023 -
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"We The People Opportunity Farm" T-Shirt, 2023
- "What is an Entrepreneur?" Clip from Interview with Melvin Parson, April 5, 2019 - 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. During his interview, Parson explains his journey and mission towards securing equality and social justice through urban farming, comparing it to taking a seat at the table as a full member of society.
- April 05, 2019
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"What is an Entrepreneur?" Clip from Interview with Melvin Parson, April 5, 2019
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. During his interview, Parson explains his journey and mission towards securing equality and social justice through urban farming, comparing it to taking a seat at the table as a full member of society.
- "Farming: Connecting to the Earth and Community" Clip from Pre-Interview with Melvin Parson, April 5, 2019 - 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. During his interview, Parson explains his journey and mission towards securing equality and social justice through urban farming, comparing it to taking a seat at the table as a full member of society.
- April 05, 2019
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"Farming: Connecting to the Earth and Community" Clip from Pre-Interview with Melvin Parson, April 5, 2019
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. During his interview, Parson explains his journey and mission towards securing equality and social justice through urban farming, comparing it to taking a seat at the table as a full member of society.
- Melvin Parson Gardening during the Entrepreneurship Interview - Melvin Parson earned his position as the Spring 2019 Entrepreneur-In-Residence at The Henry Ford because of his belief that market gardening plays a critical role in attaining full citizenship for the formerly incarcerated. Funding from the William Davidson Foundation's Initiative for Entrepreneurship supported documentation of Parson's gardening, work central to the mission of We The People Growers Association, which he founded in 2015.
- April 05, 2019
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Melvin Parson Gardening during the Entrepreneurship Interview
Melvin Parson earned his position as the Spring 2019 Entrepreneur-In-Residence at The Henry Ford because of his belief that market gardening plays a critical role in attaining full citizenship for the formerly incarcerated. Funding from the William Davidson Foundation's Initiative for Entrepreneurship supported documentation of Parson's gardening, work central to the mission of We The People Growers Association, which he founded in 2015.
- Willow Run Ford Village Industry Plant, July 1945 - In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford located small hydroelectrically powered factories throughout rural southeast Michigan. Built in 1939, the Willow Run plant differed from other "Village Industries." Instead of local residents, boys from Ford's nearby Camp Willow Run -- which provided income and life-skills training for underprivileged teenagers -- worked here, supplying door and ignition locks and keys for Ford's passenger cars.
- July 11, 1945
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Willow Run Ford Village Industry Plant, July 1945
In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford located small hydroelectrically powered factories throughout rural southeast Michigan. Built in 1939, the Willow Run plant differed from other "Village Industries." Instead of local residents, boys from Ford's nearby Camp Willow Run -- which provided income and life-skills training for underprivileged teenagers -- worked here, supplying door and ignition locks and keys for Ford's passenger cars.
- Melvin Parson Entrepreneurship Interview - 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.
- April 05, 2019
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Melvin Parson Entrepreneurship Interview
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.
- Melvin Parson Entrepreneurship Interview - 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.
- April 05, 2019
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Melvin Parson Entrepreneurship Interview
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.
- Melvin Parson Entrepreneurship Interview - 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.
- April 05, 2019
- Collections - Artifact
Melvin Parson Entrepreneurship Interview
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.
- Worker inside the Sawmill at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, March 5, 1942 - During World War II, Ford Motor Company built B-24 bomber airplanes at its Willow Run plant, located 35 miles west of Detroit. Work on the factory's buildings started in March 1941. As trees were cleared, Ford erected an on-site sawmill that processed them into lumber. Much of that lumber went into temporary structures and housing at the rising factory.
- March 05, 1942
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Worker inside the Sawmill at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, March 5, 1942
During World War II, Ford Motor Company built B-24 bomber airplanes at its Willow Run plant, located 35 miles west of Detroit. Work on the factory's buildings started in March 1941. As trees were cleared, Ford erected an on-site sawmill that processed them into lumber. Much of that lumber went into temporary structures and housing at the rising factory.
- Inside Willow Run Ford Village Industry Plant Powerhouse, February 1940 - In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford located small hydroelectrically powered factories throughout rural southeast Michigan. Built in 1939, the Willow Run plant differed from other "Village Industries." Instead of local residents, boys from Ford's nearby Camp Willow Run -- which provided income and life-skills training for underprivileged teenagers -- worked here, supplying door and ignition locks and keys for Ford's passenger cars.
- February 12, 1940
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Inside Willow Run Ford Village Industry Plant Powerhouse, February 1940
In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford located small hydroelectrically powered factories throughout rural southeast Michigan. Built in 1939, the Willow Run plant differed from other "Village Industries." Instead of local residents, boys from Ford's nearby Camp Willow Run -- which provided income and life-skills training for underprivileged teenagers -- worked here, supplying door and ignition locks and keys for Ford's passenger cars.