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Vivian

This character lost a parent to a killing by the Ku Klux Klan and harbors big dreams for the character's young adult children, who are talented singers.

Ruth

This character sings with two siblings and becomes pregnant and marries a butcher, later working as a nurse and harboring some regrets about leaving the singing group.

Esther

This character is sexually abused as a child and tells no one, later joining a protest movement pushing back against the demolishing of a Black neighborhood in California, Fillmore.

Chloe

This character, the youngest sibling in a singing group, causes consternation in the family by dating a white person.

Preacher Thomas

This character is a religious leader who loses a spouse and then finds new love.

Gerry

This character, a butcher, marries a main character and ends up with a lengthy commute to work when the shop the character works for is...

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