Congressman Adam Schiff, second from right, unveiled the plaque with Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard, right, and Tony Goodall, left, during the dedication of Pasadena's main post office as First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office in Pasadena on Saturday, January 14, 2012. (Raul Roa/Pasadena Sun)
Pasadena Sun
Ronald Goodall remembers the struggles his father, Tuskegee Airman Oliver Goodall, faced as a black man in the U.S. armed forces. One of the 60 African Americans arrested for trying to walk into an all-white officers' club, Oliver Goodall fought for his country in World War II and then fought to defeat segregation.
On Saturday morning Ronald Goodall saw his father, who died in 2010, honored for his contributions. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) led a ceremony to officially rename the Pasadena post office on 281 E. Colorado Blvd. the First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office. Members of the Goodall family, their friends and some Tuskegee Airmen were on hand.
“We are thankful, as a family,” Goodall said. “To see that others are affected is sort of unusual for me.”
