Leon Howard Sullivan papers, 1939-2001.

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Leon Howard Sullivan papers, 1939-2001.

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The collection consists of the papers of Leon Howard Sullivan from 1939-2001. The collection documents Sullivan's work with the Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia and the numerous organizations he founded to address minority employment, South African apartheid, and community development in the United States and in Africa. The papers consist of correspondence; personal financial and subject files; records relating to International Foundation for Education and Self-Help, Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Progress Investment Associates, and other organizations in which he participated; writings; photographs; and audiovisual material.

47.25 linear ft. (93 boxes, 12 oversized papers (OP) and 2 oversized bound volumes (OBV))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7020537

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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International Foundation for Education and Self-Help.

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Progress Investment Associates.

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Sullivan, Leon Howard, 1922-2001

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Civil rights leader, entrepreneur, and minister. From the description of Papers of Leon Howard Sullivan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132881 Leon Howard Sullivan (1922-2001) was born to Charles and Helen Sullivan of Charleston, West Virginia on October 16, 1922. After graduating from West Virginia State College in 1943, Sullivan moved to New York City to attend Union Theological Seminary. Sullivan had been ordained as Baptist minister at the age of 18. He attended the Se...

Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America

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The Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America (OICA) is a national network of employment and training centers which serve the hard core poor and unemployed. The Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America was founded in 1964 by Reverend Leon Howard Sullivan in an old abandoned jailhouse at 19th and Oxford Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The organization worked to help those individuals with special barriers to employment, such as ex-offenders, form...

OIC International

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Zion Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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