Editing Michael Moore (section)

==Early life and education==
Michael Francis Moore{{cn|date=May 2025}} was born in [[Flint, Michigan]], and grew up in the nearby suburb of [[Davison, Michigan|Davison]],<ref name = Fonger>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/02/michael-moores-ancestor-was-a-scottish-slave-killed-by-american-indians.html |last=Fonger |first=Ron |title=Michael Moore's ancestor was a Scottish slave killed by American Indians |publisher=MLive |date=February 28, 2019 |access-date=April 10, 2020 |archive-date=April 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410232104/https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/02/michael-moores-ancestor-was-a-scottish-slave-killed-by-american-indians.html |url-status=live }} "On Moore's late mother's side of the family, [[Henry Louis Gates|Gates]] showed records indicating Moore's third great grandparents were Quakers, living in North Carolina. His third great grandfather was brought before a court martial in 1812 after refusing to serve in a militia.
"That is amazing and such a good feeling too," Moore said. "Quakers are pacifists ... among the kindest and most loving people you will ever meet."</ref> where he was raised by parents Veronica (''née'' Wall),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/CSPAN2_20111002_160000_Book_TV |title=Book TV : CSPAN2: October 2, 2011 12:00pm-3:00pm EDT: Free Streaming |date=October 2, 2011 |via=archive.org}}</ref> and Francis Richard "Frank" Moore, an automotive assembly-line worker.<ref name="nytimesbio">{{cite news |title=Michael Moore. Full biography |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/103383/Michael-Moore/biography |access-date=May 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210051016/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/103383/Michael-Moore/biography |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Mark Deming |year=2010 |archive-date=February 10, 2010}}</ref><ref name="tsal">{{cite book |last=Rapoport |first=Roger |title=Citizen Moore: the life and times of an American iconoclast |publisher=RDR Books |year=2007 |page=[https://archive.org/details/citizenmoorelife00rapo/page/19 19] |url=https://archive.org/details/citizenmoorelife00rapo/page/19 |isbn=978-1-57143-163-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/flint/obituary.aspx?n=francis-richard-moore&pid=170739508&fhid=10330 |title=Francis Richard Moore's Obituary on Flint Journal |access-date=July 17, 2016 |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311104741/http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/flint/obituary.aspx?n=francis-richard-moore&pid=170739508&fhid=10330 |url-status=live }}</ref> At that time, Flint was home to many [[General Motors]] factories, where his parents and grandfather worked. His uncle LaVerne was one of the founders of the [[United Automobile Workers]] labor union and participated in the [[Flint sit-down strike]].<ref>Stated in Moore's film, ''[[Roger & Me]]'', 1989, and ''[[Capitalism: A Love Story]]'', 2009.</ref>

Moore was brought up in a traditional [[Catholic]] home,<ref name="OP-20070918">{{cite news |last1=Williamson |first1=Marianne |title=Filmmaker Michael Moore's Spirituality |url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahradio/Filmmaker-Michael-Moores-Spirituality |access-date=December 10, 2019 |work=[[O, The Oprah Magazine]] |date=September 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412193434/http://www.oprah.com/oprahradio/Filmmaker-Michael-Moores-Spirituality |archive-date=April 12, 2010 }}</ref> and has Irish, and smaller amounts of Scottish and English, ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Michael-Moore-talks-Capitalism-and-how-Irish-background-shapes-his-views-62868527.html |title=Michael Moore talks 'Capitalism' and how Irish background shapes his views |date=September 30, 2009 |access-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008062647/http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Michael-Moore-talks-Capitalism-and-how-Irish-background-shapes-his-views-62868527.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', February 26, 2019</ref> Some of his ancestors were [[Quakers]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name = Fonger/>

Moore attended the [[Parochial schools|parochial]] St. John's Elementary School,<ref>{{cite web |title=Alumni News - St. John's Elementary School |url=https://www.davisonschools.org/domain/13 |website=davisonschools.org |access-date=July 3, 2023 |language=en |quote=The Class of 1968 is planning a 55-year reunion for September 30, 2023, at St. John's Parish Hall, Davison. |archive-date=July 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703081140/https://www.davisonschools.org/domain/13 |url-status=live }}</ref> in John the Evangelist Parish,<ref>[https://www.cityofdavison.org/DocumentCenter/View/33 History of Davison] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231180438/http://cityofdavison.org/DocumentCenter/View/33 |date=December 31, 2016 }} cityofdavison.org</ref> for primary school, and later attended St. Paul's Seminary in [[Saginaw, Michigan]], for a year.<ref name="nytimesbio" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Schultz |first=Emily |title=Michael Moore: a biography |url=https://archive.org/details/michaelmoore00emil |url-access=registration |year=2005 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/michaelmoore00emil/page/7 7–8] |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=1-55022-699-1}}</ref><ref name="Moorereligion">{{cite news |author=Richard Knight Jr. |title=To Your Health: A Talk with Sicko's Michael Moore |publisher=Windy City Media Group |date=June 27, 2007 |url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=15370 |access-date=June 27, 2007 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928135204/http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=15370 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Headlam |first1=Bruce |title=Capitalism's little tramp |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/movies/20head.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&ref=movies |access-date=December 10, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111537/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/movies/20head.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&ref=movies |archive-date=October 7, 2018 }}</ref> 

He then attended [[Davison Community Schools#Davison High School|Davison High School]], where he was active in both drama and debate.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-06-20-moore_x.htm |title=The truth about Michael Moore |author=Gary Strauss |work=[[USA Today]] |date=June 20, 2004 |access-date=July 9, 2006 |archive-date=June 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614204127/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-06-20-moore_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> At the age of 18, he was elected to the Davison [[school board]].<ref name="nytimesbio" /><ref name="nextcity/flint-in-washington">{{cite news |last1=McClelland |first1=Edward |title=Flint's Man in Washington |url=https://nextcity.org/features/flints-man-in-washington |access-date=July 3, 2023 |work=nextcity.org |date=October 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124035946/https://nextcity.org/features/flints-man-in-washington |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> At the time he was the youngest person elected to office in the U.S., as the minimum age to hold public office had just been lowered to 18.<ref name="nytimes/trouble-moore">{{cite news |last1=Garnet |first1=Dwight |title=A Contrarian Since Childhood |url=https://nytimes.com/2011/09/12/books/here-comes-trouble-by-michael-moore-book-review.html |access-date=December 10, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913173956/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/books/here-comes-trouble-by-michael-moore-book-review.html |archive-date=September 13, 2011 }}</ref> 

Moore attended the [[University of Michigan–Flint]] but dropped out during his second year.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 21, 2021 |title=10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT MICHAEL MOORE  |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/07/01/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-michael-moore/ |work=[[The Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=September 25, 2024}}</ref>