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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...
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  • Woodrow Wilson Goode could refer to: Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. (born 1938), former mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Woodrow Wilson Goode Jr. (born 1965)...
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    Woodrow Wilson Goode Jr. (born August 9, 1965) is an American politician. He served on the Philadelphia City Council from 2000 to 2016. Goode is the son...
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    City Council. He ended this campaign in March at the urging of Mayor Wilson Goode and became the staff director and deputy finance director of the Minority...
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    The 1983 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the election of Wilson Goode. Goode won the Democratic nomination by defeating former mayor Frank Rizzo, as...
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    second term, black community activist and future Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode sued the city in federal court, alleging racial discrimination in the...
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  • illegal possession of firearms, and making terroristic threats. Mayor Wilson Goode and police commissioner Gregore J. Sambor classified MOVE as a terrorist...
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    election saw the reelection of Wilson Goode over former mayor Frank Rizzo, who had switched to the Republican Party. Wilson Goode, incumbent Mayor Ed Rendell...
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  • Allmond Codrington Goode, British colonial administrator Wilson Goode (born 1938), former mayor of Philadelphia Woodrow Wilson Goode (disambiguation) Wikimedia...
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  • Hill Shopping Center) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia mayor Wilson Goode estimated the film injected $3 million into the city. Prior to the start...
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    Rendell ran for the Democratic nomination against the incumbent mayor, Wilson Goode and lost. Rendell ran successfully four years later, in 1991. His opponent...
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    appointed the first African American managing director, future Mayor Wilson Goode, aggressively supported Joseph Coleman as the first African American...
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  • organized Mantua Against Drugs (MAD). In a white hard-hat, provided by Mayor Wilson Goode, Herman began the demolition and closing of crack houses and led marches...
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    Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode with Smith in 1986...
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  • baseball player Wilson C. Edsell (1814–1900), American politician Wilson Frost (1925–2018), American lawyer and politician Wilson Goode (born 1938), Mayor...
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    he was arrested and had to serve community service. In 1984, Mayor Wilson Goode founded the Anti-Graffiti Network and recruited McCray to help him stop...
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  • and author Peter Enns, history of religions professor, scholar, author Wilson Goode, professor emeritus and former mayor of Philadelphia Christopher Hall...
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    lost in the primary election. After Wilson Goode won the 1983 Philadelphia mayoral election, Brady joined Goode's staff as liaison with organized labor...
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    Philadelphia between white former mayor Frank Rizzo and black incumbent Wilson Goode. Goode prevailed by a narrow margin, despite having had a significantly...
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    25 moments included incidents involving Marion Barry, Terrell Owens, Wilson Goode, Michael Jackson, Flavor Flav, Whitney Houston, and Tupac Shakur. In...
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    episodes. Willie Goode (Sherman Hemsley) is a newly paroled convicted con artist. He is also the father of Franklin Goode (Dorien Wilson), his estranged...
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    former lawyer, judge, diplomat, and banker W. Wilson Goode (born 1938), former Philadelphia mayor W. Wilson Goode Jr. (born 1965), former Philadelphia City...
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  • commissioner in November of that year. He said later that he believed Mayor W. Wilson Goode would have fired him by the end of the year if he had not resigned. His...
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  • formally legal. Rouse's enormous project had the support of Mayor W. Wilson Goode, Philadelphia City Council, and the City Planning Commission, which was...
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    Stéphanie, his nephew the-then Prince Albert, then Philadelphia mayor Wilson Goode and former Philadelphia mayors William J. Green, III and Frank Rizzo...
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    White from Texas (1983–1987) Other Individuals Mayor of Philadelphia Wilson Goode from Pennsylvania (1984–1992) Chairman of Chrysler Lee Iacocca from Michigan...
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  • illegal possession of firearms, and making terrorist threats. Mayor Wilson Goode and police commissioner Gregore J. Sambor classified MOVE as a terrorist...
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  • Initiatives devised the idea behind Amachi. Former Philadelphia mayor Wilson Goode directs the Amachi program. Amachi currently operates 210 mentoring programs...
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    Eastern State Penitentiary Task Force successfully petitioned Mayor Wilson Goode to halt redevelopment. In 1994, Eastern State opened to the public for...
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    petitioned to use blackface and was denied. In 1987, Philadelphia mayor Wilson Goode had Mummers photos removed from City Hall because the Mummers appeared...
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