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Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. (born August 19, 1938) is a former Mayor of Philadelphia and the first African American to hold that office. He served from 1984 to 1992, a period which included the controversial MOVE police action and house bombing in 1985. Goode was also a community activist, chair of the state Public Utility Commission ...
7. Sept. 2002 · The Honorable Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr. The son of sharecroppers, W. Wilson Goode rose from a life of abject poverty to become the first black mayor of Philadelphia. Born near Seaboard, North Carolina, in 1938, Goode's family migrated north following the war to Philadelphia.
11. Mai 2020 · W. Wilson Goode Sr., the first black mayor of Philadelphia, wrote an op-ed in the Guardian expressing regrets for the 1985 bombing that killed 11 people and destroyed 60 homes. He said he was not personally involved in the decision, but took responsibility as chief executive of the city.
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17. Mai 2020 · NPR's Michel Martin talks with former mayor of Philadelphia, W. Wilson Goode, Sr., about his recent op-ed calling for the city to apologize for the MOVE bombing, which took place 35 years ago...
8. Apr. 2007 · Best known as the first African American Mayor of Philadelphia, Woodrow Wilson Goode was born in 1938 into a family of tenant farmers near the town of Seaboard, North Carolina. Goode moved to Philadelphia with his family in 1954. In 1961, he received a B.A. from Morgan State University in Maryland. He then attended the University of ...
10. Mai 2020 · Goode, who was mayor in 1985 when police dropped a bomb on a radical Black group's home, killing 11 people, says another apology is due 35 years later. He wrote an op-ed in The Guardian and will speak on WURD about the tragic incident.
In Philadelphia: The 20th century. …elected its first Black mayor, W. Wilson Goode, whose first administration was marred by the 1985 MOVE tragedy (a stand-off between a radical group and police that led to the bombing of the MOVE compound, the burning of the surrounding neighborhood, and the death of 11 people, including 5 children).….
