Pro | Jody | |
An archaeology student from the University of Florida. |
| Professor | Carmine |
Jody's professor. |
| John | Hardy |
Retired carpet salesman. Maintained website. Aka: Big John. |
| Elwood | Curtis |
The Nickel Boy who lived in New York. Protagonist. Aka: El. |
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Part One. |
1 | Martin | Luther King |
The reverend. Aka: Dr. King. |
| Harriet | Johnson |
Elwood's grandmother. |
| Yolanda | King |
Martin Luther's daughter. |
| Mr. | Parker |
The hotel manager at the Richmond Hotel. Elwood's employer. |
| Barney | |
The cook. Elwood's co-worker. |
| Cory | |
The busboy. Elwood's co-worker. |
| Pete | |
One of the new dishwashers. Elwood's co-worker. |
| Len | |
The gray-haired waiter. Elwood's co-worker. |
2 | Mr. | Marconi |
The proprietor of the tobacco shop. Elwood's employer. |
| Vincent | |
Mr. Marconi's long-time stock boy. |
| Mrs. | Thomas |
One of the people from Elwood's block. |
| Evelyn | Curtis |
Harriet's daughter. Elwood's mother. |
| Larry | |
The boy who grabbed the candies at Mr. Marconi's shop. |
| Willie | |
Larry's friend. |
| Percy | Curtis |
Elwood's father. |
3 | Mr. | Hill |
Elwood's history teacher. |
| Thomas | Jackson |
A confederate general during the American Civil War. |
| Marie-Jean | |
Thomas's girlfriend. |
| Anne | |
Elwood's classmate. |
| Monty | Johnson |
Harriet's husband |
| Marlon | Brando |
The sheriff. |
| Bill | Tuddy |
A basketball varsity player from Lincoln High. |
| Alvin | Tate |
A basketball varsity player from Lincoln High. |
| Cameron | Parker |
The son of Richmond's manager. |
| Peter | Coombs |
Harriet's neighbor. |
| Rodney | |
A boy that Elwood met. |
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Part Two. |
4 | Maynard | Spencer |
The police superintendent who sent Elwood to Nickel Campus. |
| Franklin | Bill |
Elwood's colleague at Nickel Campus. |
| Mr. | Loomis |
The man who processed the boys at Nickel Campus. |
| Blakeley | |
The boy who's in charge at Elwood's dormitory. |
| Mr. | Goodall |
One of the teachers at Nickel Campus. |
| Desmond | |
Elwood's dorm mate. |
| Pat | |
Elwood's dorm mate. |
5 | Jack | Turner |
Elwood's close friend at Nickel Campus. |
| Griff | |
The bully boy at Nickel Campus. |
| Lonnie | |
Griff's friend. |
| Jamie | |
Elwood's leader at Nickel Campus. |
| Carter | |
One of the house black men at Nickel Campus. |
| Birdy | |
The Cleveland's student captain at Nickel Campus. |
| Corey | |
The boy who was bullied at Nickel Campus. |
| Black | Mike |
Lonnie's partner. |
| Phil | |
One of the white housemen. |
6 | Eark | |
One of the housemen at Nickel Campus. |
7 | Mr. | Andrews |
A young lawyer from Atlanta. |
| Dr. | Cooke |
One of the doctors at Nickel. |
| Wilma | |
A nurse at Nickel Campus. |
| Trevor | Nickel |
The person Nickel Campus is named after. |
| Sonny | Liston |
The boxer. |
| Cassius | Clay |
Sonny's opponent. |
8 | Harper | |
A boy who worked in community service. |
| Smitty | |
An older boy from Roosevelt dormitory. |
| Lucille | |
Harper's aunt. |
| Director | Hardee |
The Nickel Campus director. |
| Mrs. | Davis |
Conrad's wife. |
| Conrad | Davis |
Mrs. Davis's husband. The fire chief. |
| Mr. | Garfield |
A friend of the Everett's. Turner's former employer. |
| Lou | |
Turner's former co-worker. |
9 | Terry | Burns |
Boy sent to Nickel for strangling neighbor's chicken. Aka: Doc. |
| Axel | Parks |
The former boxing champ at Nickel. |
| Max | David |
The Mississippian-colored coach. |
| Dr. | Campbell |
The Nickel Campus's psychologist. |
| Cherry | |
Griff's sparing mate. |
| Charles | Grayson |
The banker. A long time Nickel supporter. |
| Big | Chet |
The white boxing contender. |
| Pettibone | |
Griff's boxing opponent. |
| Wilson | |
One of the boxers at Nickel. |
10 | Miss | Baker |
A young teacher at Nickel. |
| Ellie | |
Jaimie's mother. |
| Duggin | |
Elwood's classmate. |
| Wainwright | |
Elwood's classmate. |
| Mr. | Tolliver |
A businessman. |
| Mavis | |
Turner's aunt. |
| Clarence | Turner |
Turner's father. |
| Ishmael | |
Mavis's boyfriend. |
| Eleanor | |
A pharmacy owner. |
| Hennepin | |
A man who replaced Earl as a housemen. |
11 | Sidney | Poitier |
A convict chained to Tony Curtis who ran to the swamp. |
| Tony | Curtis |
Sidney's co-prisoner. |
| Denise | |
A girl that Larry likes. |
12 | Clayton | Smith |
One of Nickel's famous escapees. |
| Freddie | Rich |
The housemaster of Roosevelt during Clayton's time at Nickel. |
| Bell | Smith |
Clayton's sister. |
| Mr. | Simmons |
A retired Mayor. |
| Mr. | Lewis |
Clayton's old landlord. |
| Burt | |
One of the students from Cleveland. |
| Chickie | Pete |
Elwood's old friend at Nickel. |
14 | Edward | Childs |
A former county supervisor. |
| Bertram | Childs |
Edward's father. |
| Terrance | Crowe |
A man who's in charge of the boys in Nickel. |
| Jackie | Gleason |
One of the housemen at Nickel Campus. |
| JFK | |
Gleason's colleague. |
| Mayberry | |
Gleason's colleague. |
| Faubus | |
The Governor. |
| Mr. | Gladwell |
Managed the planting and harvesting at Nickel Campus. |
15 | Yvette | |
Elwood's secretary. |
| Millie | Curtis |
Elwood's wife. |
| Jack | Coker |
Elwood's predecessor. |
| Lester | |
One of the students from Cleveland. |
| Tom | |
Elwood's friend. |