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History - Zion

Photo of Trinity Reformed Church – Northeast Corner of Broad and Venango – 1959, taken by Water and Streets Inspector Gus Burgmann as part of a contracted project on the block. Photo courtesy of PhillyHistory.org, a project of the Philadelphia De
Photo of Trinity Reformed Church building - 1925. In 1969, Rev. Sullivan would purchase this building, moving the congregation across the street from its former location. Photo courtesy of PhillyHistory.org, a project of the Philadelphia Departme
Section drawing (1928) for the building’s enlargement, completed 1928-29. Architect Horace W. Castor. Courtesy of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Venango Street Elevation, Trinity Reformed Church, Horace W. Castor, 1928.
Rev. Leon Sullivan (1922-2001) was a Baptist minister, a civil rights leader and social activist focusing on the creation of job training opportunities for African-Americans, a longtime General Motors Board Member, and an anti-Apartheid activist. Re
Rev. Leon Sullivan and Senator Robert F. Kennedy tour the Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) in 1966. The Philadelphia OIC was founded by Rev. Sullivan in 1964, inside a refurbished jailhouse at 19th and Oxford Streets, to pro
President Lyndon Johnson and Mrs. Johnson tour the Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center with Rev. Leon H. Sullivan in 1967. Photo courtesy of PhillyHistory.org, a project of the Philadelphia Department of Records.
President Jimmy Carter speaking at Zion Baptist Church’s updated building in 1980 as part of a citywide tour with Mayor Green, after winning a difficult primary battle to secure the Democratic Presidential nomination. Photo courtesy of PhillyHist
Rev. Leon Sullivan ran many youth programs in North Philadelphia out of Zion Baptist Church. Photo courtesy of the Leon H. Sullivan CDC.
From left to right: Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, Rev. Michael Major, Rev. Willard Lamb – May 8, 1988 – Michael Major receives his license as a Baptist minister. Photo courtesy of the Leon H. Sullivan CDC.