WW9 / Atlas index / Our organizationsOur organizations NOI, Moorish Science, Hebrew Israelites, Panthers, Divine Nine, civil rights, and Jonestown on record. 22 points on the WW9 Atlas, oldest first, each with its source.
Open this layer on the map Alpha Phi Alpha 1906 · Divine Nine · Historically African American fraternity Founded by: Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, Henry Arthur Callis, Vertner Woodson Tandy, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle. Built, per Wikidata: 1906.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Phi_Alpha NAACP 1909 · Civil rights · American civil rights organization (placed at Baltimore) Founded by: Moorfield Storey, Mary White Ovington, W. E. B. Du Bois. Built, per Wikidata: 1909.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP National Urban League 1910 · Civil rights · American civil rights organization (placed at New York City) Founded by: George Edmund Haynes, Frances Kellor. Built, per Wikidata: 1910.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Urban_League Kappa Alpha Psi 1911 · Divine Nine · International historically Black fraternity Founded by: Elder Watson Diggs, Byron Kenneth Armstrong, Edward Giles Irvin, Ezra Dee Alexander, George Wesley Edmonds, Guy Levis Grant, Henry Tourner Asher, John Milton Lee. Built, per Wikidata: 1911.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_Alpha_Psi Moorish Science Temple of America 1913 · Faith movement · American national and religious organization (placed at Newark) Founded by: Noble Drew Ali. Built, per Wikidata: 1913.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Science_Temple_of_America Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League 1914 · Movement · Black nationalist fraternal organization (placed at Cleveland) Founded by: Marcus Garvey. Built, per Wikidata: 1914.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Negro_Improvement_Association_and_African_Communities_League Zeta Phi Beta 1920 · Divine Nine · Historically African American sorority (placed at Washington, D.C.) Built, per Wikidata: 1920.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_Phi_Beta Shrine of the Black Madonna 1925 · Church movement · United States historic place Built, per Wikidata: 1925.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Black_Madonna Nation of Islam 1930 · Faith movement · African American new religious organization (placed at Mosque Maryam) Founded by: Wallace Fard Muhammad. Built, per Wikidata: 1930.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_Islam National Council of Negro Women 1935 · Women's organization · American civil rights organization Founded by: Mary McLeod Bethune. Built, per Wikidata: 1935.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of_Negro_Women Jack and Jill of America 1938 · Social organization · African American women and children club (placed at Washington, D.C.) Built, per Wikidata: 1938.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Jill_of_America Congress of Racial Equality 1942 · Civil rights · Civil rights organization in the United States (placed at New York City) Built, per Wikidata: 1942.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Racial_Equality The Links 1946 · Social organization · African-American women's organization (placed at Washington, D.C.) Built, per Wikidata: 1946.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Links Peoples Temple 1955–1979 · Cult on record · American cult movement (1954–1978) Founded by: Jim Jones. Built, per Wikidata: 1955.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1957 · Civil rights · African-American civil rights organization (placed at Atlanta) Founded by: Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Bayard Rustin, Joseph Lowery, Fred Shuttlesworth. Built, per Wikidata: 1957.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference 100 Black Men of America 1963 · Social organization · U.S. civic organization (placed at Atlanta) Built, per Wikidata: 1963.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Black_Men_of_America Five-Percent Nation 1964 · Faith movement · American black nationalist religious movement (placed at Harlem) Founded by: Clarence 13X. Built, per Wikidata: 1964.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-Percent_Nation Deacons for Defense and Justice 1965 · Self-defense · Armed Black-American self-defense group (placed at Piney Woods) Built, per Wikidata: 1965.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacons_for_Defense_and_Justice Black Panther Party 1966–1982 · Political party · American political organization (1966–1982) (placed at Oakland) Founded by: Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale. Built, per Wikidata: 1966.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party Rainbow/PUSH 1971 · Civil rights · American non-profit organization (placed at Chicago) Built, per Wikidata: 1971.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow/PUSH Jonestown 1974 · Cult on record · Peoples Temple cult settlement in Guyana, led by Jim Jones Founded by: Peoples Temple, Jim Jones. Built, per Wikidata: 1974.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown National Pan-Hellenic Council Divine Nine · African American fraternity & sorority organization (placed at Decatur) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pan-Hellenic_Council