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Dec 25, 2025 inhistory

W. Wilson Goode gives a victory sign after voting in the Philadelphia mayoral election in 1983. He became the city's 1st black mayor. As mayor, Goode ordered an airstrike on a mostly black neighborhood, destroying nearly 4 city blocks, killing 6 children, and leaving 250 people homeless .

W. Wilson Goode gives a victory sign after voting in the Philadelphia mayoral election in 1983. He became the city's 1st black mayor. As mayor, Goode ordered an airstrike on a mostly black neighborhood, destroying nearly 4 city blocks, killing 6 children, and leaving 250 people homeless .

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