# Black No More — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Black No More by George Schuyler.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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 

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- [Chapter IV: The Knights of Nordica](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII: The Strike-Breaking in Paradise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII: The Political Maneuvering](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX: The Political Proposition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI: The Perilous Truth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Chapter XII: The Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/xiii.md)

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