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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • Allmond Codrington Goode, British colonial administrator Wilson Goode (born 1938), former mayor of Philadelphia Woodrow Wilson Goode (disambiguation) Wikimedia...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode with Smith in 1986...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • councilman in the mayoral administrations of Mayors William J. Green III, Wilson Goode, Ed Rendell, and John F. Street. He served nearly 14 full years in City...
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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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    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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    Benjamin Goldman (born 1960), political advisor W. Wilson Goode (born 1938), Philadelphia mayor W. Wilson Goode Jr. (born 1965), Philadelphia City Council at-large...
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    Willie Goode Alex Datcher as Barbara Goode Bianca Lawson as Bianca Goode Scott Grimes as Garth Joseph Maher as Chancellor Willoughby Dorien Wilson as Franklin...
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    Chicago mayor Harold Washington The reelection of Philadelphia mayor Wilson Goode John D. Waihee III for Governor of Hawaii Bob Kerrey for President in...
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    Virgil Hamlin Goode Jr. (/ˌɡuːd/ born October 17, 1946) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives...
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    Senator Gary Hart of Colorado Reverend Jesse Jackson of Illinois Mayor Wilson Goode of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Republican Party presidential primaries...
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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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  • Gov. Nancy Dick (CO), Attorney General Dave Armstrong (KY), and Mayor Wilson Goode (Philadelphia) Prerecorded response featuring excerpts from focus groups...
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