Unnamed Negro Store Manager|Owner

Character Key Number: 
3546
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Unnamed Negro Store Manager|Owner
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Unnamed Negro Store Manager|Owner
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

While he's in Memphis in The Mansion, Mink goes into a "dingy store" where he sees a "Negro man" who seems to be "running it" and "maybe he even owned it": after all his time in prison Mink wonders if "the new laws" mean a black man "could even own a store" (319).