不死鳥/絶品 to 栄誉(を受ける) late civil 権利s icon Calvin C. Goode

PHOENIX (AP) - 不死鳥/絶品 city 公式の/役人s, 居住(者)s and 目だつ members of the 黒人/ボイコット community will 栄誉(を受ける) late civil 権利s icon, city leader and longtime Arizona 居住(者) Calvin Coolidge Goode in the coming weeks.

Goode died on Dec. 23 from an illness not 関係のある to COVID-19. He was 93.

A 事実上の 記念の service is scheduled for Tuesday. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, it will be livestreamed online by the Historic Tanner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Facebook.

Next week, the city will celebrate the ツバメ Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday with a 事実上の award 儀式 栄誉(を受ける)ing the newest honoree of the Calvin C. Goode Lifetime 業績/成就 Award.

The events follow a public, open-casket 見解(をとる)ing hosted on Saturday outside of the former city hall, 改名するd after Goode. Dozens of people gathered donning facial coverings and 株ing memories in 祝賀 of Goode's life.

市長 Kate Gallego said it was a rare occurrence to have someone laid in 明言する/公表する in the city. But she also said it was an 栄誉(を受ける) for her and the city to celebrate his life in 前線 of a building 指名するd after him - one of only two buildings in 不死鳥/絶品 指名するd for city 公式の/役人s.

One of Calvin C. Goode's sons, Vernon "Zina" Goode, poses with members of his family at the open casket viewing of former Phoenix Vice Mayor and city councilman Calvin C. Goode on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Phoenix, Ariz. Goode died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

One of Calvin C. Goode's sons, Vernon "Zina" Goode, 提起する/ポーズをとるs with members of his family at the open casket 見解(をとる)ing of former 不死鳥/絶品 副/悪徳行為 市長 and city councilman Calvin C. Goode on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in 不死鳥/絶品, Ariz. Goode died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Goode was the second 黒人/ボイコット councilmember for the city of 不死鳥/絶品 and the longest-任期d elected 公式の/役人 in its history, serving on the 不死鳥/絶品 City 会議 from Jan. 2, 1972 until Jan. 3, 1994, 含むing as 副/悪徳行為 市長 in 1974 and 1984.

Goode often 同意しないd with other 会議 members during his 22-year 任期, 投票(する)ing in the 1980s against freeway 拡大 事業/計画(する)s he argued would destroy 近隣s already struggling to 修理 from segregation.

As late as 1960, half of the 黒人/ボイコット 居住(者)s in 不死鳥/絶品 lived south of downtown, and the 隣接地の city of Tempe was considered a "sundown town" where 黒人/ボイコット people could work during the day but had to be gone by nightfall or 危険 逮捕(する) or physical 暴力/激しさ.

Goode spent his time fighting to 改善する the 質 of life in 不死鳥/絶品 for low-income 黒人/ボイコット 居住(者)s long after his last days on the 会議. He retired in 1994, but continued 支持するing for equal 適切な時期, affordable 住宅 and education through 多重の organizations, 含むing the Eastlake 近隣 協会 and the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural 中心.

初めは from Oklahoma, Goode and his family moved to Arizona when he was a child. He …に出席するd Carver High School, a school in 不死鳥/絶品 for 黒人/ボイコット studen ts, before 収入 his bachelor´s and master´s degrees from Arizona 明言する/公表する University.

First Institutional Baptist Church 牧師 Rev. Dr. 過密な住居 H. Stewart Sr., who was a friend and neighbor to Goode in Eastlake Park, 解任するd the late councilor's work from 押し進めるing the city to 観察する the ツバメ Luther King Jr. holiday before the 明言する/公表する, creating the Booker T. Washington Child 開発 中心 and helping the Historic Tanner Chapel AME Church become a 指定するd historic 目印.

Goode was also a longtime member of the church, which opened in 1886 and is known as the 明言する/公表する's oldest African American church. 不死鳥/絶品 Police 長,指導者 Jeri Williams, who …に出席するd the 見解(をとる)ing with her family, even said Goode had his own (法廷の)裁判 in the 聖域 at the AME church where they both …に出席するd.

In 1977, Stewart said Goode welcomed him to 不死鳥/絶品 and spoke at his 取り付け・設備 as 牧師 of First Institutional. But Stewart said "the most prestigious" memory he had was receiving the Calvin C. Goode Lifetime 業績/成就 Award in 2003. The award was created in 1994 when Goode retired. It 認めるs one person who made the city better by 促進するing social and 経済的な 司法(官) and defending civil 権利s.

"I´m not 圧倒するd with grief because he lived until he was 93 and was active until his last moments," Stewart told The Associated 圧力(をかける). "I'm thankful to God he was able to be around. I´m filled with lots of thanksgiving."

Mary Rose Wilcox 株d in Stewart's 感情, calling Goode a "very 原則d and grounded man, who brought the 権利 面s of his Christian 約束 and 原則s into public service."

He 解除するd the people around him and made everyone else a little bit better, she said.

Wilcox, who was the first Hispanic women to serve on both the City 会議 and the Maricopa 郡 Board of 監督者s, said Goode was on the 会議 when she was elected in 1982.

"He was a 助言者 to me and took me under his wing. We became really good 同僚s and formed a strong coal ition 代表するing south, west and intercity 不死鳥/絶品. We served together for a 10年間 and were very much 伴う/関わるd in civil 権利s and human 権利s," Wilcox said, 追加するing that he was unafraid to speak on に代わって of the 黒人/ボイコット and Latino communities.

Several 現在の 会議 members and other 明言する/公表する 政治家,政治屋s 最高潮の場面d the 影響(力) he had on their lives and work, 含むing Arizona Democratic Party 議長,司会を務める Felecia Rotellini and councilmembers Carlos Garcia, Michael Nowakowski, Thelda Williams and Debra Stark.

"Mr. Goode was a soft-spoken man, but lion-hearted - an unshakeable 軍隊 for 進歩, equality and civil 権利s," Democratic 明言する/公表する Rep. Reginald Bolding said in a 声明. "It is up to all of us who knew him, who loved him, or who are just learning about him, to keep that 解雇する/砲火/射撃 燃やすing."

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego said Goode "left our 近隣s and this world better than he 設立する it, and that is a 遺産/遺物 that his family, his friends, and all who knew him should 持つ/拘留する dear."

Goode is 生き残るd by three sons, six grandchildren and two 広大な/多数の/重要な-grandchildren. His wife, Georgie, who he married in 1960, died in 2015. She was 87.

Members of the Phoenix Police Department stand vigil during the open casket viewing of former Phoenix Vice Mayor and city councilman Calvin C. Goode at the Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building in Phoenix, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Goode died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Members of the 不死鳥/絶品 Police Department stand 徹夜 during the open casket 見解(をとる)ing of former 不死鳥/絶品 副/悪徳行為 市長 and city councilman Calvin C. Goode at the Calvin C. Goode 地方自治体の Building in 不死鳥/絶品, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Goode died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Calvin C. Goode is laid at state in front of Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building in Phoenix, Ariz on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Family members and members of the community attended the public, socially distanced viewing for Goode who died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Calvin C. Goode is laid at 明言する/公表する in 前線 of Calvin C. Goode 地方自治体の Building in 不死鳥/絶品, Ariz on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Family members and members of the community …に出席するd the public, socially distanced 見解(をとる)ing for Goode who died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

The Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building, right, stands adjacent to Phoenix City Hall, left, on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The building was renamed after Goode when he retired from the City Council after 22 years, including two years as vice mayor.  Phoenix city officials, residents and prominent members of the Black community will honor the late civil rights icon, city leader and longtime Arizona resident in the coming weeks. The events follow a public, open-casket viewing hosted on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, outside of the former city hall, renamed after Goode.   (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

The Calvin C. Goode 地方自治体の Building, 権利, stands 隣接する to Ph oenix City Hall, left, on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The building was 改名するd after Goode when he retired from the City 会議 after 22 years, 含むing two years as 副/悪徳行為 市長. 不死鳥/絶品 city 公式の/役人s, 居住(者)s and 目だつ members of the 黒人/ボイコット community will 栄誉(を受ける) the late civil 権利s icon, city leader and longtime Arizona 居住(者) in the coming weeks. The events follow a public, open-casket 見解(をとる)ing hosted on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, outside of the former city hall, 改名するd after Goode. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Calvin C. Goode is laid at state in front of Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building in Phoenix, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Family members and members of the community attended the public, socially distanced viewing for Goode who died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Calvin C. Goode is laid at 明言する/公表する in 前線 of Calvin C. Goode 地方自治体の Building in 不死鳥/絶品, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Family members and members of the community …に出席するd the public, socially distanced 見解(をとる)ing for Goode who died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

A woman walks past pictures of the late civil rights leader Calvin C. Goode, who was laid in state in front of Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building in Phoenix on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Family members and members of the community attended the public, socially distanced viewing for Goode who died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

A woman walks past pictures of the late civil 権利s leader Calvin C. Goode, who was laid in 明言する/公表する in 前線 of Calvin C. Goode 地方自治体の Building in 不死鳥/絶品 on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Family members and members of the community …に出席するd the public, socially distanced 見解(をとる)ing for Goode who died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

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