Black Man With Watermelon
Black Man With Watermelon is the central figure in the play. Throughout the story, he is the character that is killed over and over again in different, horrible ways. His wife is Black Woman With Fried Drumstick.
Black Woman With Fried Drumstick
Black Woman With Fried Drumstick is the wife of Black Man With Watermelon. She and her husband have multiple scenes together and the play ends with them saying to one another to "remember me."
Yes And Greens Black-Eyed Peas Cornbread
Yes And Greens Black-Eyed Peas Cornbread is a member of the chorus who appears throughout the play. They urge people in the play to write down what is happening so that history will be recorded so that they can tell the future that they existed.
Queen-Then-Pharaoh Hatshepsut
Queen-Then-Pharaoh Hatshepsut's is a member of the chorus. She stops Black Man With Watermelon from moving his hand in the beginning of the play. Her through-line has to do with how when the earth became round it spelled the doom for the black men who were now being put into their place since the white men have been put into their place now knowing the world isn't flat.
Before Columbus
Before Columbus is a member of the chorus throughout the play. They illuminate how the white men believing the world was flat also believed that dragons existed in the water. Once they figured out the truth, that the world was round, it put them in their place and thus made them want to put another race, the black man, in his "place."
Voice On The Tee V
Voice On The Tee V is heard, and is the voice coming from the television. They report the death of the Black Man, and indicated his age, 38 and that he was a spearhead of the Civil Rights Movement.
