Unnamed Negro Bootblack
Character Key Number:
2945
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Bootblack
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Bootblack
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Like the other Negroes in Jefferson and Yoknapatawpha during the events of Intruder in the Dust, the bootblack" (30) who works in the barbershop makes himself invisible on Sunday morning, even though that is "the bootblack's best day shining shoes and brushing clothes" (39).