The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, was the aerial bombing of a house, and the destruction of 61 more houses by the subsequent fire, in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Phil
Smoke rises above homes in Philadelphia after the bombing
Police and medical authorities remove a body from MOVE headquarters on May 14
Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. is an American politician and former Mayor of Philadelphia and the first African American to hold that office. He served from 1984 to 1992, a period which included the controv
1985 MOVE bombing
…four MOVE occupants with crimes including parole violations, contempt of court, illegal possession of firearms, and making terroristic threats. Mayor Wilson Goode and police commissioner Gregore J. Sambor classified MOVE as a terrorist organization. Police evacuated residents of the area from the neighborhood…
Goode in 1985
Goode in the Morgan State University yearbook, 1961
Goode with Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet, at Fante's Kitchen Shop, 1986