Opportunities Industrialization Centers

Philadelphia County · dedicated 1990 · N 19th St., between Turner & Oxford Sts., Philadelphia

Established here in an abandoned jailhouse in 1964, O.I.C. was founded by Rev. Leon H. Sullivan and achieved worldwide recognition as a self-help vocational training center for Blacks which opened job opportunities formerly closed to them.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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