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Wilson Goode

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American politician

United StatesPoliticiansBorn 1938 · age 88
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Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. is an American politician and 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.

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Goode in the Morgan State University yearbook, 1961Goode in the Morgan State University yearbook, 1961

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Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. is an American politician and 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, and managing director for the City of Philadelphia.

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United States
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Born 1938 · age 88
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