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Dewey Bivins

In "The Silver Bullet," this is the warlord of the gang.

Rev. Lorenzo Blake

In "A Sense of Story," this is a God-fearing man who is pained his actions reflect badly on the black folk of Roanoke, hometown to most of his parishioners.

Red Bone

In "The Story of a Scar," this is the tough but compassionate co-worker of the anonymous female narrator.

Mrs. Esther Clay Boswell

In "Why I Like Country Music," this is a fourth grade teacher, a disciplinarian with a sense of humor, determined to make men of her timid "little bunnies."

Clarence Buford

In "Why I Like Country Music," this is the oversized, good-natured, but tongue-tied fourth-grader.

Fredricka Burton (Ricky)

In "Widows and Orphans," this is a beautiful, coffee-brown, struggling actress attending a testimonial dinner.

Loretta Burton

In "Widows and Orphans," this is a gracious, elderly, plump table companion at a testimonial...

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