| Ernie | Banks | A baseball player. |
| Casey | Barnes | A policeman. Myron's colleague. |
| Seth | Cobb | A pediatricians. |
| Dorothy | Dadridge | An actress. |
| Miss | Dawn | Miriam's quasi-grandmother. |
| August | Della-North | Miriam's half sister. Joan's aunt. |
| Joan | Della-North | Miriam's daughter. |
| Mrs. | Finley | Della's client. |
| Al | Green | A singer and a pastor. |
| Mr. | Harrison | Joan's teacher. |
| Miss | Jade | August's regular client and family friend. |
| Fergie | Jenkins | Mazz's colleague. |
| Elton | John | A singer and songwriter. |
| Stanley | Koplo | A store owner. Miriam's neighbor and friend. |
| Stanley | Koplo Jr. | Mr. Koplo's son. |
| Martin | Luther King Jr. | The negro leader. |
| Bartram | Mason | Joan's broker of her art deal. Aka: Professor Mason. |
| Antonio | Mazzeo | Jax's white friend. Aka: Mazz. |
| Memphis | Minnie | Hazel's neighbor. |
| Derek | North | August's troubled son. Joan's cousin. |
| Miriam | North | August's sister. Joan's mother. Aka: Meer. |
| Mya | North | Joan's sister. Miriam's daughter. |
| Myron | North | Joan's grandfather. Hazel's husband. |
| Ms. | Oakley | Mya's orchestra teacher. |
| Diana | Ross | A singer. |
| Billy | Sanderson | The First Lieutenant. |
| Brooke | Sanderson | Billy's wife. |
| Bessie | Smith | Hazel's neighbor. |
| Della | Thomas | The best seamstress in Memphis. Hazel's mother. |
| Hazel Rose | Thomas-North | Miriam's mother. Joan's grandmother. |
| Emmett | Till | A Chicago boy who was abducted and tortured in Mississippi. |
| Dorothy | White | The County Judge. |
| Bird | | Jax's twin brother. Joan's uncle. |
| Eugene | | Barnes's associate. |
| Fuller | | The blind boy. |
| Holmes | | Jax's childhood boss. |
| Jax | | Miriam's military husband. |
| Mika | | One of August's clients. |
| Red | | A pimp. |
| Slim | | Derek's new boss. |
| Wolf | | Joan's dog. |
