| A | B |
|---|
| Big Ma's husband; died | Paul Edward |
| the Logan children's grandmother | Big Ma |
| mother; 7th grade teacher | Mary |
| father; railroad worker | David |
| uncle; David's brother; lives in Chicago | Hammer |
| oldest son; 12; 7th grade | Stacey |
| daughter; 9 years old; 4th grade | Cassie |
| middle son; 7 years old; 2nd grade | Christopher John |
| "Little Man" ; youngest son; 6 years old; 1st grade | Clayton Chester |
| father in Avery family | Joe Avery |
| mother in Avery family | Fannie Avery |
| Avery son; "friend" of the Logan children | TJ |
| Logans' houseguest; protector | Mr. Morrison |
| Cassie's teacher | Miss Daisy Crocker |
| owners of the Wallace store | Kaleb Wallace and Dewberry Wallace |
| plantation owner | Harlan Granger |
| man who runs the Mercantile in Strawberry | Jim Lee Barnett |
| tarred and feathered; accused white store owner Jim Lee Barnett of lying | Sam Tatum |
| set on fire; died | John Henry Berry |
| attorney | Wade Jamison |
| father of Simms' family | Charlie Simms |
| older brother in Simms family | R.W. |
| older brother in Simms family | Melvin |
| daughter in Simms family | Lillian Jean |
| youngest son in Simms family; friend of Logan children | Jeremy |
| pressured to shop at the Wallace store | Mr. Avery and Mr. Lanier |
| "After reading the inside cover, he angrily threw his book on the floor and quietly took a shipping from the teacher." | Little Man |
| "The man was a human tree in height..." | Mr. Morrison |
| "You jus' keep on studyin' and get yo' self a good education and you'll be all right." | Big Ma |
| He "sneaks into Mrs. Logan's room and steals the answers to a test." | TJ |
| "You think my brother died and I got my leg half blown off in their German war to have some red-neck knock Cassie around anytime it suits him?" | Uncle Hammer |
| "Baby, we have no choice of what color we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor." | Mama |
| "The coat was to big for me and...and TJ said it made me look like...like a preacher...." | Stacey |
| "I'm a Southerner, born and bred, but that doesn't mean I approve of all that goes on here, and there are a lot of other white people who feel the same." | Mr. Jamison |
| "But, Mama, that Lillian Jean ain't got the brains of a flea!" | Cassie |
