| | | | Book One: Wishbone |
| 1 | Ruby | Bell | Colored girl being raised by White folks. |
| | Papa | Bell | Ruby's grandfather. |
| | Ephram | Jennings | The man who loved Ruby since childhood. |
| | Miss | Philomena | Store owner. Aka: Miss P. |
| | Chauncy | Rankin | One of the Rankin brothers. |
| | Gubber | Samuels | Ephram's friend. |
| | Celia | Jennings | Ephram's older sister. |
| | Omar | Jennings | Celia and Ephram's father. Aka: Reverend Jennings. |
| | Clancy | Simkins | Ephram's neighbor. |
| | Rupert | Shankle | Ruby's neighbor. |
| | Glister | | Ephram's neighbor. |
| | Baby Girl | Samuels | Gubber's cousin. |
| | Supra | Rankin | The Rankin boys' mother. |
| | Charlie | | Glister's son. |
| 2 | Otha Beatrice | Jennings | Celia and Ephram's mother. Aka: Otha Daniels. |
| | Margaret | Wilkins | Ruby's friend. Aka: Maggie. |
| | Beulah | Wilkins | Maggie's mother. |
| | Samella | | One of Beulah's daughters. |
| | Rooster | | Chauncy's younger brother. |
| | Tanny | | Ruby's friend. |
| | Ma | Tante | Witch doctor. |
| | Clem | | Gubber's Uncle. |
| | | | Dyboù - an evil force out of the conjure world |
| | Miss | Barbara | Hostess at THE FRIENDS' Club. |
| 3 | Joshua | | Pastor at In-His-Name Holiness Church. |
| | Mo | Perty | One of the town folks. |
| | Bessie 1 | | Mo's wife. |
| | Junie | Rankin | Chauncy's great-uncle. |
| 4 | Ed | Bloom | Owner of Bloom's Juke. |
| | Shep | Bloom | Ed's brother. |
| | Mrs. | Gregory | One of the town folks. |
| | K.O. | Charles | Celia's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Mabel | | One of Bloom's Juke prostitutes. |
| | Pete | | One of Bloom's Juke's customers. |
| | Girdie | Bell | Youngest of the Bell girls. |
| | Charlotte | Bell | Ruby's mother. |
| | Neva Annetta | Bell | Eldest of the Bell girls. |
| | Jeb | | K.O.'s brother. |
| | Mister | Bell | Bell girls father. |
| | Peter | Leech | Viceroy of the First National Bank. |
| | Julie | Leech | Peter's wife. |
| | Lucy | Levy | Julie's mother. |
| | Jeffrey | Levy | President of First National Bank. |
| | George | Levy | Town sheriff. |
| | Claud | Jackson | The man who lost his cattle. |
| | Edwin | Shephard | Shephard's Mortuary owner. |
| | Sheriff | Junior | George's son. |
| 5 | Gregory | Corso | Poet. |
| | Robert | Motherwell | Painter. |
| | Charlise | Gladdington | Ruby's handler. |
| 6 | Verde May | Rankin | Supra's daughter. |
| | Percy | Rankin | Chauncy's brother. |
| | Moss | Renfolk | One of the town folks. |
| | Lem | | One of Bloom's Juke's customers. |
| 7 | Millie | | Chauncy Rankin's horse. |
| | | | Book Two: Two Bits |
| 9 | Billy | | Costume designer. |
| | Jonah | | Station master. |
| 10 | Melonie | Rankin | Celia's opponent's daughter. |
| | May | | The Pastor Joshua's wife. |
| | Mercy | Polk | Aka: Mother Mercy. |
| 12 | Hubert | Malloy | Fur merchant. |
| | Bea | | Hubert's daughter-in-law. |
| | Sherman | Monty | The owner of Monty's delicatessen. |
| | Mr. | Moskowitz | Ruby's neighbor. |
| | Abby | Millhouse | Page Three's bouncer and the club manager's best friend. |
| | Grandma | Silvia | The woman who ran a children's boarding school in Neches. |
| | Tippy | | Ruby's great-uncle. |
| | Pete | | Tippy's dog. |
| 13 | Righteous | Polk | One of the church sisters. |
| | Tressie | | Moss Renfolk's wife. |
| | | | Book Three: Revelations |
| 15 | Sarah | Geoffrey | Ephram's childhood crush. |
| | Taylor | | K.O.'s older brother. |
| | Lily | | Sarah Geoffrey's cousin. |
| | Charles | | Percy's brother. |
| 16 | Sister | Thelma | Supra Rankin's husband's lover. |
| | Salvation | | Righteous Polk's sister. |
| | Honey | | Righteous Polk's daughter. |
| | Reverend | Swanson | The reverend who got Honey pregnant. |
| | Bessie 2 | | Junie's wife. |
| | Petunia | | Junie's sister. |
| | Sim | Rankin | One of the Rankin brothers. |
| 17 | Dr. | Tully | Doctor from Beaumont. |
| | Marilyn | Daniels | Otha's mother. |
| | Minister | Bowing | The minister who married Otha and Reverend Jennings. |
| | Paula | Renfolk | Miss Barbara's maid. |
| | Deacon | Marcus, | Man who always bought his wife a
flower bouquet on Fridays. |
| | Penter | Rankin | One of the Rankin brothers. |
| | Dr. | Glass | Otha's doctor. |
| 20 | Master | Gibbs | Cotton field owner. |
| | Miss | Sybil | The laundress. |
| | Ernest | Meagers | Sofia's lover. |
| | Sofia | Jennings | Reverend Jennings mother. |
| | Betty | | Ten year old girl. |
| 21 | Minnie | Hardy | K.O.'s cousin. |
| | Grace | | Righteous Polk's cousin. |
| | Peter | Green | One of Miss Barbara's clients. |
| | Gertie | Renfolk | One of the choir members. |
| 22 | Mr. | Rankin | Supra's husband. |
| | Sorrell | Wilkins | One of the town folks. |
| | Mr. | Simpkins | One of the town folks. |
| | Mandy | | Petty's seven-month-old son. |
| | Clara | | Moss Percy's wife. |
| | Evelyn | | K.O.'s wife. |
