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Black Nationalism emerged in the early nineteenth century because African Americans felt a disconnect between American idealsliberty,independence, democracy-and the everyday realities-slavery, racism, oppression-that they faced because of their skin color.Early proponents of Black Nationalism were often free blacks struggling to make their way in a white-dominated society. Booker T.Washington and others promoted an economic version of Black Nationalism as a solution to African Americans' plight. Writer andactivist, Marcus Garvey, integrated these three themes-political, economic, and cultural nationalism-into one ideology that rejectedwhite values and embraced blackness on its own terms (Grant, 2008). Stokely Carmichael defined the concept of Black Power as "acall for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community" (Hamilton,1967). This meant"Black leadership for black goals" (Franklin, 1988). The Nation of Islam, or Black Muslims appealed their followers "for separationfrom whites rather than integration and for violence in return for violence (Carson, 1996). The key speaker for this movement wasMalcolm X, known for his critique of the non-violent methods of civil rights movement. It is a widely known fact that MartinLuther King before his death, had been extensively criticized by more militant African Americans, arguing that whiteswould never act in response to their nonviolent actions. In 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale organized the BlackPanther Party in Oakland, USA, inspired by Malcolm X's call to "freedom, by any means necessary".Keywords: Black Nationalism, Marcus Garvey, Black Panthers, Black Power, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael

One of the central themes in the American history is the interaction between white and black cultures, both in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of America. The religion perfectly reflects this interaction. As Campbell notes, African American religion has been extremely important both for American religious culture as a whole, and for the black community itself. When freedmen withdrew from white-dominated churches and formed their religious institutions, black churches, they quickly occupied a central position in African Americans' lives. They became the chief social and cultural institutions which blacks made and operated for themselves, and therefore were necessary in promoting a sense of communal purpose. They provided the organizational structure for most activities of the community: economic, political, and educational as well as religious. This article overviews the processes out of which the black church formed as an independent institution, that served as a unifying, powerful and stimulating instrument for the African American community's future advancements and struggle for equality.

We have been constantly reminded that, we are not going to succeed in achieving any kind of social change unless we build astrong civil society. Consequently, lots of NGOs in Georgia are founded with the intention to realize this dream. However, we havegot a long way ahead of us.After the election of Obama, when discussing the history of the United States of America, particularly while talking about the1950-1960s, Georgian people knowingly nod their heads, expressing their understanding that it was an era of intense struggle forfighting for the basic rights by Civil Rights Movement activists, - African Americans.In order to get full and concise perspective of the significance of the Civil Rights movement, we must provide some informationon the impact of the decision on other social movements. Undoubtedly, social movements play an influential role in culture, publicpolicy and mainstream politics: they respond to it and influence it.