BLACK NO MORE
Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, A. D. 1933-1940
By George S. Schuyler
McGrath Publishing Company College Park, Maryland
CAUCASIANS IN THE GREAT REPUBLIC WHO CAN TRACE THEIR ANCESTRY BACK TEN GENERATIONS AND CONFIDENTLY ASSERT THAT THERE ARE NO BLACK LEAVES, TWIGS, LIMBS OR BRANCHES ON THEIR FAMILY TREES.
Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, A.D. 1933-1940 is a 1931 Harlem Renaissance satire on American race relations by George S. Schuyler. Wikipedia
This celebrated Picaresque novel is a 1931 Harlem Renaissance
era satire on American race relations. Schuyler targets both the KKK and
NAACP in condemning the ways in which race functions as both an
obsession and a commodity in early twentieth-century America. The
central premise of the novel is that an African American scientist
invents a process that can transform blacks into whites. Those who have
internalized white racism, those who are tired of inferior opportunities
socially and economically, and those who simply want to expand their
sexual horizons, line up to be transformed. As the country "whitens",
the economic importance of racial segregation in the South as a means of
maintaining elite white economic and social status becomes increasingly
apparent. The novel is known not only for its satiric bite and
inventive plot machinations, but also for the caricatures of prominent
figures of the American 1920s including W. E. B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey,
James Weldon Johnson, C. J. Walker and others.
Originally published: 1931
Pages: 250
Genre: Satire
Characters: Max Disher, Dr. Junius Crookman, Rev. Henry Givens, Bunny Brown, Helen Givens, More
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About the Author
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Born: February 25, 1895, Providence, RI
Died: August 31, 1977, New York, NY
Education: Harvard University
Spouse(s): Josephine Lewis Cogdell (m. 1928; died 1969)
