Georgie Woods has improved, enhanced and inspired the lives of many throughout his multi-faceted career of entertainment and public service.

As “The Guy with the Goods,” Woods entertained for five decades on radio stations WHAT and WDAS. In 1960, Woods became active in the civil rights movement as Vice President of the local NAACP.

Woods was an outspoken advocate of equal opportunity and equal treatment for African Americans. He joined Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cecil B. Moore in an ongoing campaign that took Woods from Washington, D.C., to Selma, Alabama. His other humanitarian efforts included a 17-day tour of Vietnam, as the first African American to entertain the troops.

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