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Author: George Samuel Schuyler

📘 Black no more by George Samuel Schuyler

In Black No More, George Schuyler humorously tackles race in America through the story of Max Disher, a dapper black insurance man who undergoes a scientific transformation into white Matthew Fisher. Now able to infiltrate white society, Fisher plans to become the leader of an extremist group and win back the woman who dismissed him before his change. The novel lampoons the arbitrary nature of racial identity and the lengths people will go to for acceptance.

First publish date: 1931

Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comic Satire

Authors: George Samuel Schuyler

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