Opportunities Industrialization Centers
DESCRIPTION: In 1964, Rev. Dr. Leon H Sullivan founded Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) as a self-help program to motivate young men and women whose formal education had ceased, this successful program teaches marketable skills and was another positive outgrowth of the Civil Rights Movement; the OIC remains relevant with branches throughout the US and abroad; proving that good things can come out of bad, OIC’s original site was an abandoned jail

DAYS & HOURS: Mon-Fri 9-5p

ADDRESS: 1415 North Broad Street

PHONE: 215-236-4500

WEBSITE: http://www.oicofamerica.org

Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation
DESCRIPTION: One of the nation's top tourism marketing organizations

ADDRESS: 30 South 17th Street; Suite 1710

PHONE: 215-599-2004

WEBSITE: http://www.gophila.com

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Philadelphia Tribune
DESCRIPTION: Founded 1884 by Christopher Perry -- publisher until 1921; the oldest continuously published African American newspaper in America; 1st edition was hand-printed at 725 Sansom Street; the Tribune is still the primary voice of African American interests in Philadelphia and has won many awards over the years from the National Newspaper Publishers Association

ADDRESS: 520-26 South 16th Street

PHONE: 215-893-4611

WEBSITE: http://www.phila-tribune.com

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