The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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The Detroit riots, which began on July 23, 1967 led to 43 deaths, 7,200 arrests and a minimum of $42.5 million in damages.
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
Jewish Welfare Federation Plaque
United Jewish Appeal V-E Day Commemorative Medal
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Congratulatory letter from Teddy Kollek to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Max Fisher, Gerald Ford and other members of the UJA and the State Department signing the contract in the Thomas Jefferson Room of the State Dept. Building.