Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free

A few days later, at his office, Matthew announces to Bunny that he knows what to do about the political situation in the South. First, Rev. Givens will speak on the radio weekly for two months, and then, he will create a connection between the Republicans and Black-No-More to discredit the Republicans. The third and final step will remain a secret. Within days, Rev. Givens is giving his first radio address titled The Menace of Negro Blood and for the entire hour, “he successfully avoided saying anything that was true” (97). After the weekly radio sessions conclude, President Harold Goosie tells a group of reporters that he is planning to take action on the issues raised by Rev. Givens and to form a commission of five Republicans and two Democrats that will visit all the sanitoriums and make a report. The outcomes of the report prove that the Black-No-More businesses are entirely legal. In six weeks, a more thorough report will be made.

Two months later, a report of nearly 1,800 pages emerges, and Matthew is celebrated as a man with political potential as he spurs the government to action. At this point, Matthew decides it is time to complete his third step, which involves bringing a snooty white supremacist organization called the Anglo-Saxon Society, based in Richmond, Virginia, together with the Knights of Nordica.