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Evan Weiner in the restored

bus in which civil rights

pioneer Rosa Parks refused

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to give up her seat to a white

passenger, thus spurring the

Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott

of 1955, a seminal point on the

timeline leading to the

ivil Rights Act of 1964.

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has guided the ne
Jewish chairman
of the Henry Ford
museum complex.

prominent member of the
Detroit Jewish community
once told Evan Weiner: "Look,
you're a Jew and you're not from here.
So you can't just confine your activi-
ties to the Jewish community. You have
to make yourself known to people in
all areas around Detroit and spread
your communal and charitable work
everywhere so that everyone will know
you're involved in helping them?'
Weiner, 54, of Franklin, a transplant-
ed Minnesotan, took that advice liter-
ally. He has been doing exactly that for
28 years, developing a deep commit-
ment to his business and the commu-
nity. Foremost is his position as execu-
tive vice president, CEO and partner in
the Edward C. Levy Co. of Detroit. The
90-year-old mini-conglomerate, with
many worldwide affiliates, is a verti-
cally integrated construction materials
firm specializing in road construction
and materials manufacturing.

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