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Charles Baltimore photographs of Mayor Goode campaign, 1987

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1.0 linear feet

Abstract:

W. (Woodrow) Wilson Goode was Philadelphia's first African American mayor. Elected in 1983, Goode's popularity wavered in the wake of the MOVE bombing of 1985, an internationally infamous event in which police action against the MOVE organization in West Philadelphia resulted in multiple deaths and the destruction by fire of an entire city block. Nonetheless, Goode won a successful re-election campaign in 1987. The Charles Baltimore photographs of Mayor Goode campaign, 1987, consist of photographic prints, negatives, and contact pages taken by freelance photographer Charles Baltimore.

Held at: African American Museum in Philadelphia [Contact Us]