Wilson Goode was born on August 19, 1938 in North Carolina. The first African-American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an office he held from 1984 to 1992. His tenure was marred by the MOVE confrontation in 1985, which killed 11 people, and left 240 people homeless.
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💰Wilson Goode Net worth: $12 Million
About
The first African-American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an office he held from 1984 to 1992. His tenure was marred by the MOVE confrontation in 1985, which killed 11 people, and left 240 people homeless.
Before Fame
He earned his degree from Morgan State University in 1957.
Trivia
His son W. Wilson Good Jr. is a City Councilman in Philadelphia.
Family Life
He has three children with wife Velma Williams.
Associated With
He beat former mayor Frank Rizzo in the 1986 mayoral elections.
