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The modern myth of black assimilation has been practiced by many African American in their work of art. Arthur Miller, Le Roi Jones/Amiri Baraka and Sam Shepard are some of famous authors in this doctrine. Each author in his time to a certain extent managed to explore the mythic context of America in addressing central issue which constrained blacks, such as adoption of norms and values in the middle of oppressing white society. Le Roi Jones in his play "Dutchman, 1964" addressed the key issues of race and racism as blacks strives to understand whites on the one hand and on the other hand demanding their identity to be acknowledged. This is a review paper which expounds this contradiction in America over centuries. It uses documentation as the main source of information. This paper narrates the Civil Rights movement which took place in 1960s, and it initiated the Act which made provision of fair voting to both races, use of public facilities, education and employment practices as well as abolition of segregation which was not practiced before. Le Roi Jones draws his tittle "Dutchman" from the myth of "The Flying Dutchman" a black captain who was doomed to perish due to the refusal of turning the ship to the opposite direction of the face of the storm and later he and the crew disappeared forever in the storm. The myth goes perpendicular with Clay, a black American young man who tries to seek identity by assimilating to white culture, Lula, a white prostitute who later stabs him to death. In this paper, which is largely based on textual analysis, we are going to discuss on the black Americans struggles towards building their identity, their success, limitation and knowledge, which is the fundamental entity towards any achievement in life, being positive or negative. We conclude that while demand for rights is imperative, it is equally important to keenly look at the extent to which the people who demand such rights conform to the rules and laws of the land.