THE SELLOUT Characters - Alphabetical

FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION Little Albert Nine-month-old baby. Buzz Aldrin American engineer and a former astronaut and fighter pilot. Muhammad Ali American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Max Baer American boxer. Jean-Michel Basquiat American artist. Kathleen Battle American operatic soprano. Curtis Baxter King Cuz's former name. Harry Belafonte American singer. Kenneth Benne One of the authors of Planning of Change. Warren Bennis One of the authors of Planning of Change. Pat Boone American singer. Betty Boop Cartoon character. Eva Braun Adolf Hitler's wife. George W. Bush 43rd U.S. President. George Washington Carver American agricultural scientist and inventor. Foy Cheshire The co-founder of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals. Robert Chin One of the authors of Planning of Change. Eric Clapton English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Kenneth Clark African-American psychologist. Mamie Clark African-American psychologist. Sheila Clark Young black student at Chaff Middle School. Sheila Clark Young black student at Chaff Middle School. Jimmy Cliff Jamaican musician. Gary Coleman American actor. Miss Crabtree Character from Our Gang shorts. Tom Cruise American actor and film producer. Tony Curtis American film actor. King Cuz Local gangster and member of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals. Butterfly Davis Girl at the LA Festival of Forbidden Cinema. Aka: Topsy. Sammy Davis, Jr. American singer, dancer, actor, comedian and activist. Marpessa D. Dawson The narrator's childhood sweetheart and on/off girlfriend. Stevie Dawson Marpessa's younger brother. James Dean American actor. Kirk Douglas American retired actor, filmmaker, and author. Aka Danielovitch. Mr. Edmunds Math specialist. Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th U.S. President. Bret Easton Ellis American author. Patrick Ewing American-Jamaican basketball player. Franz Fanon French West Indian psychiatrist and political philosopher. Professor Farley Intro to agronomy teacher. Stepin Fetchit American film actor. Hampton Fiske The narrator's lawyer and old friend. Aka: Hamp. Murray Flores Police Captain. Anna Freud Austrian psychoanalyst and the youngest child of Sigmund Freud. Milton Friedman American economist. Michael Gallegos Sixth-grader from Charisma's school. Mahatma Gandhi Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist. Carl Garfield Rapper Aka: Kilo G. Marcus Garvey Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist and orator. Kitty Genovese Woman who was brutally murdered outside of her apartment. Whoopi Goldberg American actor. Keagan Goodrich One of the Dickens Five. Kelsey Grammer American actor. Al Green American singer. Robby Haley One of the Dickens Five. David Hammons American artist. Ethan Hawke American actor, writer, and director. Suzy Holland One of the Dickens Five. Charles John Huffam English writer and social critic. Aka: Charles Dickens. Laura Jane Hires by the narrator to dance with Hominy. Hominy Jenkins An elderly man and extreme manifestation of Uncle Tom. Al Jolson American singer, comedian, and actor. Tommy Lee Jones American actor and filmmaker. Janis Joplin American singer-songwriter. Carl Jung Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Rodney Glen King American construction worker turned writer and activist. Martin Luther King, Jr. American Christian minister and activist. Benjamin Kubelsky American comedian. Aka: Jack Benny. Guy Laroche French high-fashion designer. Lewis Latimer Inventor and patent draftsman for the light bulb and telephone. Laurel Lescook Student from Key Biscayne, Florida. Jerry Lewis American comedian. Nestor Lopez The narrator's former childhood friend. Leonard Maltin American film critic. Fred Manne The courtroom illustrator. Dean Martin American singer. Cipriano Martínez Half-Salvadoran, half-black boy. Aka: Candy. George McFarland American actor. Aka: Spanky. Jon McJones Foy's friend. Kristy McNichol American actress.   Medina Police officer. Gregor M. Mendel Scientist. Orlando Valdez American-Mexican basketball player. Charisma Molina Marpessa's best friend. Marilyn Monroe American actress. Lee Morgan American jazz trumpeter. Toni Morrison American novelist. Gerry Mulligan American saxophonist. Eddie Munster Fictional character on the CBS sitcom. Elizabeth Murray American painter. Eduardo Nájera Mexican basketball player. Hannah Nater One of the Dickens Five. Judge Nguyen The judge at the narrator's trial. Nick Nolte American actor, producer, author, and former model. Scarlett O'Hara Gone with the Wind character. Edward Orosco Undercover police officer. Johnny Otis American singer. MC Panache Local gangster and Marpessa's husband. Sidney Poitier American-Bahamian actor. Richard Pryor American stand-up comedian. Suzy Q A nanny. Nakeshia Raymond The narrator's quiz bee opponent.   Rayner One of the behaviorists. Ronald Reagan 40th U.S. President. Mason Reese Former child actor. Erich Maria Remarque German novelist. Gerhard Richter German visual artist. Tim Robbins American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and musician. Tahnee Robinson American basketball player. Fran Ross American author. Rick Rubin American record producer. Bill Russell American former professional basketball player. Sunshine Sammy The original Little Rascal. Bridget Sanchez The narrator's childhood acquaintance. Aka: La Giggles. Shoni Schimmel American basketball player. Max Schmeling German boxer. Dred Scott Enslaved African American man in the United States. Brooke Shields American actress. Susan Silverman Matchmaker from Sister Cities Global. Barbra Streisand American singer. Shirley Temple American actress. Buckwheat Thomas American child actor. Aka: Billie Thomas. Uncle Tom Character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Mark Torres Little League game player. Harriet Tubman American abolitionist and political activist. Mark Twain American writer. Mike Tyson American boxer. Johnny Unitas American football player. Jean Valjean Protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. Melonie Vandeweghe One of the Dickens Five. Mark Wahlberg American actor. Kara Walker American contemporary painter, silhouettist and film-maker. Booker T. Washington Great Educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute. Earl Watson Basketball coach.   Watson One of the behaviorists. John Wayne American actor. Aka: Duke. Eli Whitney American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. Oscar Wilde Irish poet and playwright. Gene Wilder American actor. Neil Young Canadian singer-songwriter. Oscar Zocalo The narrator's lab partner at Riverside. Alfalfa   One of the characters from The Little Rascals. Baraka   Silverback gorilla. Butch   One of the characters from The Little Rascals. Charlie   One of the Lopez kids. Chubby   One of the characters from The Little Rascals. Clyde   Black attendant at the gas station in Mississippi. Darla   One of the characters from The Little Rascals. Dori   One of the Lopez kids. Froggy   One of the characters from The Little Rascals. Jerry   One of the Lopez kids. Kristina   Chaff Middle School student. Lori   One of the Lopez kids. Malcolm X   American Sunni minister and human rights activist. Mickey   One of the characters from The Little Rascals. Porky   One of the characters from The Little Rascals. Rebecca 1   Foul-mouthed teenager. Rebecca 2   The one whom the narrator's father seduces in Mississippi. Spanky   One of the characters from The Little Rascals. Tasha   One of the narrator's father's teaching assistants. Wally   One of the characters from The Little Rascals.