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{{Short description|American politician}} |
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{{for|his son, the Philadelphia City Council member|W. Wilson Goode Jr.}} |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Goode was born into a family of [[tenant farmer]]s near [[Seaboard, North Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://oxfordaasc.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-35664|isbn = 978-0-19-530173-1|doi = 10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.35664|chapter = Goode, W. Wilson|title = African American Studies Center|year = 2013|last1 = Holst|first1 = Arthur Matthew}}</ref> His family arrived in Philadelphia in 1953 and lived in the [[Paschall, Philadelphia|Paschall]] neighborhood in [[ |
Goode was born into a family of [[tenant farmer]]s near [[Seaboard, North Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://oxfordaasc.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.001.0001/acref-9780195301731-e-35664|isbn = 978-0-19-530173-1|doi = 10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.35664|chapter = Goode, W. Wilson|title = African American Studies Center|year = 2013|last1 = Holst|first1 = Arthur Matthew}}</ref> His family arrived in Philadelphia in 1953 and lived in the [[Paschall, Philadelphia|Paschall]] neighborhood in [[Southwest Philadelphia]]. He was an honors student at [[John Bartram High School]] and then he graduated from [[Morgan State University]] in 1961. He was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps while attending Morgan State and entered the [[United States Army|US Army]] as a First Lieutenant in the military police. He returned to Philadelphia and briefly worked as a manager at a building maintenance firm and as an insurance adjuster before he was hired by the Philadelphia Council for Community Development in 1967. He became executive director of PCCD in 1971. In 1967 he and his wife bought a house in the Paschall neighborhood, where he served as a deacon of Paschall's First Baptist Church. In 1968, he completed his graduate studies at the [[Fels Institute of Government]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] where he earned his master's in Public Administration.<ref>Bauman, John F. “W. Wilson Goode: The Black Mayor as Urban Entrepreneur.” ''The Journal of Negro History'' 77, no. 3 (1992): 141–58. {{doi|10.2307/2717558}}.</ref> |
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==Service with the Public Utility Commission== |
==Service with the Public Utility Commission== |
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==Mayor of Philadelphia== |
==Mayor of Philadelphia== |
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Before the primary election of [[1983 Philadelphia mayoral election|1983]], Green decided not to seek |
Before the primary election of [[1983 Philadelphia mayoral election|1983]], Green decided not to seek reelection. Goode jumped into the race and defeated former Mayor [[Frank Rizzo]] in a racially polarized primary election. Goode went on to win the general election over former Green fund-raiser and [[Philadelphia Stock Exchange]] Chairman John Egan, the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nominee. |
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{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} |
{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} |
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Goode's tenure as mayor was marred in 1985 by the [[1985 MOVE bombing|MOVE Bombing]], in which police attempted to clear a building in [[West Philadelphia]] inhabited by [[MOVE (Philadelphia organization)|MOVE]], a radical back-to-nature group, whose members, under the leadership of founder [[John Africa]], had long defied city officials by yelling slogans and statements from a megaphone, ignoring city sanitation codes, assaulting neighbors, and resisting law enforcement officers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Trippett|first=Frank|date=June 24, 2001|title=It Looks Just Like a War Zone|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,141842,00.html#ixzz2Ifp1aprq|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206222839/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,141842,00.html#ixzz2Ifp1aprq|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 6, 2008|website=Time Magazine}}</ref> During the attempt to evacuate the compound, police used tear gas, leading to members of MOVE opening fire on them. During [[1985 MOVE bombing|the final assault on the building]], the police dropped an improvised bomb made of [[C-4 (explosive)|C-4]] plastic explosive and [[Tovex]], an explosive gel used in underwater mining, onto to a bunker-like cubicle on the roof of the building. This caused the house to catch fire, and ignited a massive blaze which eventually consumed almost 4 city blocks, killed 11 people, and left 240 people homeless.<ref name="Stevens 1985">{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=William K.|date= |
Goode's tenure as mayor was marred in 1985 by the [[1985 MOVE bombing|MOVE Bombing]], in which police attempted to clear a building in [[West Philadelphia]] inhabited by [[MOVE (Philadelphia organization)|MOVE]], a radical back-to-nature group, whose members, under the leadership of founder [[John Africa]], had long defied city officials by yelling slogans and statements from a megaphone, ignoring city sanitation codes, assaulting neighbors, and resisting law enforcement officers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Trippett|first=Frank|date=June 24, 2001|title=It Looks Just Like a War Zone|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,141842,00.html#ixzz2Ifp1aprq|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206222839/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,141842,00.html#ixzz2Ifp1aprq|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 6, 2008|website=Time Magazine}}</ref> During the attempt to evacuate the compound, police used tear gas, leading to members of MOVE opening fire on them. During [[1985 MOVE bombing|the final assault on the building]], the police dropped an improvised bomb made of [[C-4 (explosive)|C-4]] plastic explosive and [[Tovex]], an explosive gel used in underwater mining, onto to a bunker-like cubicle on the roof of the building. This caused the house to catch fire, and ignited a massive blaze which eventually consumed almost 4 city blocks, killed 11 people, and left 240 people homeless.<ref name="Stevens 1985">{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=William K.|date=May 14, 1985|title=Police Drop Bomb on Radicals' Home in Philadelphia|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/14/us/police-drop-bomb-on-radicals-home-in-philadelphia.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109084013/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/14/us/police-drop-bomb-on-radicals-home-in-philadelphia.html|archive-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref> |
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In [[1987 Philadelphia mayoral election|1987]] Goode ran for |
In [[1987 Philadelphia mayoral election|1987]] Goode ran for reelection, winning the Democratic primary before facing off in the general election against former mayor Frank Rizzo, who had converted to the Republican Party after losing the 1983 Democratic primary to Goode. Goode defeated Rizzo 51%-49% to earn a second term. <ref>{{Cite web |date=1991-05-03 |title=CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, August 1990 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/icpsr09503.v2 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=ICPSR Data Holdings}}</ref> |
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==Post-mayoral life== |
==Post-mayoral life== |
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Goode stayed active after leaving office as mayor by holding a position in the [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]]. He earned a [[Doctor of Ministry]] at [[Palmer Theological Seminary]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode Sr.|url=http://www.thepartnership.us/STARS/events/wg.php|access-date= |
Goode stayed active after leaving office as mayor by holding a position in the [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]]. He earned a [[Doctor of Ministry]] at [[Palmer Theological Seminary]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode Sr.|url=http://www.thepartnership.us/STARS/events/wg.php|access-date=November 30, 2008|publisher=The Partnership}}</ref> and became a minister and professor at [[Eastern University (United States)|Eastern University]], as well as a leader of advocacy for faith-based initiatives. He is CEO of [[Amachi (organization)|Amachi]], a mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents. He was awarded the Purpose Prize, a $100,000 award given to exceptional individuals over age 60 who are working to address critical social problems. |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 17:46, 7 August 2024
Wilson Goode | |
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95th Mayor of Philadelphia | |
In office January 2, 1984 – January 6, 1992 | |
Preceded by | Bill Green |
Succeeded by | Ed Rendell |
Personal details | |
Born | Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. August 19, 1938 Seaboard, North Carolina, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Velma Goode (m. 1960) |
Children | W. Wilson Goode Jr. |
Education | Morgan State University (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MPA) Eastern University (DMin) |
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, and managing director for the City of Philadelphia.
Early life
[edit]Goode was born into a family of tenant farmers near Seaboard, North Carolina.[1] His family arrived in Philadelphia in 1953 and lived in the Paschall neighborhood in Southwest Philadelphia. He was an honors student at John Bartram High School and then he graduated from Morgan State University in 1961. He was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps while attending Morgan State and entered the US Army as a First Lieutenant in the military police. He returned to Philadelphia and briefly worked as a manager at a building maintenance firm and as an insurance adjuster before he was hired by the Philadelphia Council for Community Development in 1967. He became executive director of PCCD in 1971. In 1967 he and his wife bought a house in the Paschall neighborhood, where he served as a deacon of Paschall's First Baptist Church. In 1968, he completed his graduate studies at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his master's in Public Administration.[2]
Service with the Public Utility Commission
[edit]After African-American state senators complained that there had never been an African-American member of the state Public Utility Commission (PUC), Governor Milton Shapp began actively searching for one. His aide, Terry Dellmuth, knew Goode from his community and political activities and recommended him.
As a PUC commissioner, Goode met with community groups around the state, studied relevant issues, compiled what was seen as a pro-consumer record, and forged good working relations with his fellow commissioners. He was soon elevated to the chairmanship of the PUC, where he continued his pro-consumer policies but worked to limit PUC expenditures.
Work in the Office of the Mayor
[edit]Philadelphia Mayor Bill Green, who had been elected in November 1979, had promised to appoint a black managing director after winning a racially divisive Democratic primary against former deputy mayor Charles Bowser. Green kept his promise by appointing Goode as managing director at the urging of key members of the black community. [citation needed]
Mayor of Philadelphia
[edit]Before the primary election of 1983, Green decided not to seek reelection. Goode jumped into the race and defeated former Mayor Frank Rizzo in a racially polarized primary election. Goode went on to win the general election over former Green fund-raiser and Philadelphia Stock Exchange Chairman John Egan, the Republican Party nominee.[citation needed]
Goode's tenure as mayor was marred in 1985 by the MOVE Bombing, in which police attempted to clear a building in West Philadelphia inhabited by MOVE, a radical back-to-nature group, whose members, under the leadership of founder John Africa, had long defied city officials by yelling slogans and statements from a megaphone, ignoring city sanitation codes, assaulting neighbors, and resisting law enforcement officers.[3] During the attempt to evacuate the compound, police used tear gas, leading to members of MOVE opening fire on them. During the final assault on the building, the police dropped an improvised bomb made of C-4 plastic explosive and Tovex, an explosive gel used in underwater mining, onto to a bunker-like cubicle on the roof of the building. This caused the house to catch fire, and ignited a massive blaze which eventually consumed almost 4 city blocks, killed 11 people, and left 240 people homeless.[4]
In 1987 Goode ran for reelection, winning the Democratic primary before facing off in the general election against former mayor Frank Rizzo, who had converted to the Republican Party after losing the 1983 Democratic primary to Goode. Goode defeated Rizzo 51%-49% to earn a second term. [5]
Post-mayoral life
[edit]Goode stayed active after leaving office as mayor by holding a position in the U.S. Department of Education. He earned a Doctor of Ministry at Palmer Theological Seminary,[6] and became a minister and professor at Eastern University, as well as a leader of advocacy for faith-based initiatives. He is CEO of Amachi, a mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents. He was awarded the Purpose Prize, a $100,000 award given to exceptional individuals over age 60 who are working to address critical social problems.
References
[edit]- ^ Holst, Arthur Matthew (2013). "Goode, W. Wilson". African American Studies Center. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.35664. ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1.
- ^ Bauman, John F. “W. Wilson Goode: The Black Mayor as Urban Entrepreneur.” The Journal of Negro History 77, no. 3 (1992): 141–58. doi:10.2307/2717558.
- ^ Trippett, Frank (June 24, 2001). "It Looks Just Like a War Zone". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on February 6, 2008.
- ^ Stevens, William K. (May 14, 1985). "Police Drop Bomb on Radicals' Home in Philadelphia". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ^ "CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, August 1990". ICPSR Data Holdings. May 3, 1991. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ "Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode Sr". The Partnership. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
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[edit]- 1938 births
- 20th-century African-American politicians
- 20th-century American politicians
- African-American men in politics
- 21st-century African-American politicians
- African-American mayors in Pennsylvania
- 20th-century mayors of places in Pennsylvania
- Eastern University (United States)
- Fels Institute of Government alumni
- John Bartram High School alumni
- Living people
- Mayors of Philadelphia
- Morgan State University alumni
- Palmer Theological Seminary alumni
- Pennsylvania Democrats
- People from Seaboard, North Carolina