| A | B |
|---|
| Derrick Noble | African American President of student body of CHS when Melba visits 30 years later |
| Thurgood Marshall | First African American Supreme Court Justice and lawyer for Brown vs. Board of Ed. |
| Daisy Bates | Arkansas State President of the NAACP |
| Ronald Davies | Federal Judge in Little Rock who ruled in favor of integration |
| Eugene Smith | Asst. Chief of Little Rock Police who helped Melba get away from the angry mob at CHS |
| Kenneth Clark | Famous New York psychologist whose "Dolls" experiment helped win the Brown case |
| Jess Matthews | Segregationist Principal at CHS |
| Elizabeth Huckaby | Vice Principal for Girls at CHS |
| Virgil Blossom | Superintendent of Little Rock Schools |
| Ms. Pickwick | Typing and shorthand teacher-fair and friendly towards the nine |
| Orval Faubus | Arkansas Governor, a segregationalist |
| Eisenhower-"Ike" | U.S. President who ordered Gov. Faubus to carry out integration |
| Nana Healey | Link's African-American "nanny" who cared for him when he was a child |
| India/Lois | Grandma India/ Mother Lois (Melba's grandmother and mother) |
| The NAACP | The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| Ernest Green | The first of the Little Rock Nine to graduate from CHS |
| Conrad | Melba's younger brother |
| George McCabe | Quaker who took Melba into his family and home |
