Unnamed Negro Store Manager|Owner
Character Key Number:
3546
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Store Manager|Owner
Sort Name:
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).