Cecil B. Moore in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Opportunities Industrialization Centers

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 14, 2015

1. Opportunities Industrialization Centers Marker

Inscription. 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.

Erected 1990 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1964.

Location. 39° 58.713′ N, 75° 9.962′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Cecil B. Moore. It is on West Oxford Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1835 W Oxford St, Philadelphia PA 19121, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dr. Oscar James Cooper (approx. ¼ mile away); Universal Negro Improvement Association (approx. ¼ mile away); Siegmund Lubin (approx. 0.3 miles away); Robert N.C. Nix Sr. + Jr. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Berean Institute (approx. 0.4 miles away); Sullivan Progress Plaza (approx. 0.4 miles away); Girard College

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Freedom Theatre (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Jessie Redmon Fauset (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 14, 2015

2. Opportunities Industrialization Centers Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 690 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.