The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Henry Ford II speaks to a crowd of reporters and well-wishers at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Renaissance Center on a rainy day in Detroit.
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
Jewish Statesmanship Award
"The Gang of Eight" article
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max M. Fisher, George Klein, and Richard Fox – the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, on Fisher's role as conduit in deals between US and Israel.
A 1966 Detroit Jewish News article titled "Israel is Facing Massive Absorption Job" quotes Max Fisher heavily.
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.
The inner city neighborhoods in Detroit did not feel the economic growth created by the Detroit Renaissance.
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and President Jimmy Carter
New Detroit article
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s