# Black No More — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Black No More by George Schuyler.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/dedication.md): The dedication page satirically addresses white Americans who claim pure Caucasian ancestry, mocking the idea of racial purity and the obsession with genealogical whiteness.
- [Black No More](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/black-no-more.md): The opening chapter of Black No More introduces the central premise of the novel: the founding of Black-No-More, Inc., a scientific enterprise that promises to turn Black Americans white. The narrative begins on New Year
- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/i.md): Dr. Junius Crookman announces his discovery of a treatment that can turn Black people white, causing a sensation in Harlem. Max Disher, eager to become white to pursue a blonde woman he met in Atlanta, volunteers to be t
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/ii.md): Max Disher, now white, enjoys his first night out with Sybil Smith, a reporter, but finds the white entertainment scene dull compared to Harlem. He returns to Harlem to retrieve his belongings, reunites with his friend B
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/iii.md): The chapter depicts the impact of Black-No-More, Inc. on Harlem's black community, focusing on Madame Sisseretta Blandish's declining hair-straightening business as customers abandon her for the treatment. It also shows 
- [Chapter IV: The Knights of Nordica](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/iv.md): Matthew Fisher, now passing as white, arrives in Atlanta and learns of the Knights of Nordica, a new racist organization founded by Rev. Henry Givens. Seeing an opportunity for financial gain, Matthew presents himself as
- [V](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/v.md): The chapter describes the crisis faced by the National Social Equality League and other Negro organizations as Black-No-More, Inc. rapidly turns African Americans into whites, causing a decline in membership, funding, an
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/vi.md): Matthew Fisher, now Grand Exalted Giraw of the Knights of Nordica, marries Helen Givens on Easter Sunday, 1934. He uses his position to extort money from Southern businessmen by playing on fears of radicalism and racial 
- [Chapter VII: The Strike-Breaking in Paradise](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/vii.md): Grand Exalted Giraw Matthew Fisher learns of a planned strike at the Paradise Mill in South Carolina. He flies there with Bunny Brown and extorts $15,000 from the German owners, Blickdoff and Hortzenboff, by threatening 
- [Chapter VIII: The Political Maneuvering](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/viii.md): Two years after Black-No-More, Inc. began its operations, the Negro population has been nearly eliminated, causing economic and social upheaval in the South. The political landscape is shifting, with Republicans making i
- [Chapter IX: The Political Proposition](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/ix.md): Matthew Fisher outlines a political strategy to use the Knights of Nordica and the Anglo-Saxon Association to win the presidency. They plan to use radio broadcasts, propaganda, and a genealogical law to gain power. The c
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/x.md): As the presidential election approaches, the political climate becomes intensely bitter, dividing families and the nation over racial purity. The Democrats, led by Matthew Fisher, scheme to use Dr. Buggerie's genealogica
- [Chapter XI: The Perilous Truth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/xi.md): As the presidential election approaches, Arthur Snobbcraft hosts a pre-election party, but his celebration is interrupted by Dr. Buggerie's alarming discovery: the Anglo-Saxon Association's genealogical research reveals 
- [Chapter XII: The Flight](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/xii.md): On the eve of the election, Matthew Fisher and Bunny Brown await the birth of Matthew's child. The baby is born very dark, revealing Matthew's African ancestry. Simultaneously, a newspaper exposes Democratic leaders, inc
- [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/xiii.md): The chapter satirizes the reversal of racial norms as America becomes 'mulatto-minded,' with white people seeking darker skin through stains and tans. Meanwhile, in Happy Hill, a new religious cult led by Rev. Alex McPhu

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