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Black No More  : Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free , AD 1933-1940 is a 1931 Harlem Renaissance era satire on American race relations by George S. Schuyler -LRB- pronounced -LSB- audio = ˈskaɪlər -RSB- Sky-ler -RRB- .. Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance. satire. satire. race relations. race relations. George S. Schuyler. George Schuyler. He 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 .. KKK. Ku Klux Klan. NAACP. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The central premise of the novel is that an African American scientist invents a process that can transform blacks into whites .. African American. African American. 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 .. W. E. B. Du Bois. W. E. B. Du Bois. Marcus Garvey. Marcus Garvey. James Weldon Johnson. James Weldon Johnson. C. J. Walker. Madam C. J. Walker. It is included in the 2012 collection  : `` Harlem Renaissance Novels '' .. Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance