... point in both authors' works. In "The Dilemma of Negro Americans" King depicts two main factors - "being scarred by a history of slavery" and "family disorganization" (M. L. King, 1967, p.103) - that affect the Negro life in the United States. I completely agree with King's point of view concerning these factors. In my opinion, having been a slave in the past and the lack of opportunity to establish a strong family has served as the main obstacle to forming the "black solidarity" in the United States. Through history these factors have impeded mobilization of black-American groups to struggle and weakened the power of the black movements. Moreover, they have served as the main source of the differences between Negro Americans and other immigrant groups. King rightly states that: Negroes were brought here in chains long before the Irish decided voluntarily to leave Ireland or the Italians thought of leaving ...

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