The Mayor
An arrogant, power-wielding white man; he is responsible for putting Sofia in prison.
Miss Millie
The mayor's wife; a dithery white woman who fancies herself a champion of black people.
Bubber Hodges
The prison warden; Squeak's uncle who rapes her.
Miss Beasley
Nettie and Celie's teacher.
Corrine
Reverend Samuel's wife. She and her husband buy Celie's babies from Fonso.
Samuel
A missionary who takes Nettie with him and his family to Africa; after his wife, Corrine, dies, he marries Nettie.
Olivia
Celie's daughter; she is reared in Africa by Samuel and Corrine.
Adam
Celie's son; he is also reared in Africa by the missionaries. He marries Tashi.
Joseph
The short, fat spokesman for the Olinka village; he meets Nettie's ship.
Billy
Miss Millie's little boy; he steps on a rusty nail.
Eleanor Jane
Miss Millie's daughter; after she is grown, she does baking and odd jobs for Sofia.
Grady
Shug marries him; he is a "skinny big toof man wearing suspenders," according to Celie.
May Ellen
The woman Fonso marries after Celie's mother dies.
Daisy
The woman Fonso marries after May Ellen leaves him.
Tashi
An Olinka woman whom Adam falls in love with.
Jimmy Hodges
Bubber's brother; Squeak's father.
Suzie Q (Jolentha)
Squeak and Harpo's little girl.
Henrietta
Sofia's youngest child, probably fathered by Henry Broadnax; ironically, Harpo's favorite.
Jerene and Darlene
Two women who sew for Celie's Folkspants, Unlimited.
