# Dr. Junius Crookman — Black No More character guide

> Dr. Junius Crookman in Black No More by George Schuyler.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Crookman, Dr. Crookman, Junius

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Snapshot

A studious, race-proud physician who invents the Black-No-More treatment, genuinely believing that eliminating Negroes will eliminate the Negro problem.

## Who they are

Dr. Junius Crookman, son of an Episcopal clergyman and product of careful Negro-aristocracy upbringing, has spent thirty-five peaceful years reading Negro weeklies and collecting African masks before his discovery thrusts him into notoriety he never wanted. He prides himself on being a Race Man, wedded to everything black except the black woman—his wife passes for white—and he naively assumes people will accept a good thing when offered it. His earnest faith that science can solve what agitation and legislation could not is precisely what makes his sanitariums both a sensation and a target.

## In the story

### [Black No More](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/black-no-more)

The inventor of the Black-No-More treatment, a scientific process that turns Black people white.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/i)

Announces his revolutionary treatment and prepares for the opening of his sanitarium.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/iii)

Overwhelmed by the success of his treatment, he is exhausted and concerned about the opposition to his work.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/x)

Listens to the campaign speeches with amusement, noting the similarities between the Republican and Democratic platforms.

### [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_no_more_se/chapters/xiii)

Surgeon-General Crookman observes the societal reversal and publishes a monograph on skin pigmentation.

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