Teacher of The YearProfessor Wiggins, as he's called, is the most educated black man in the quarter. He's been to the university and come back home to teach at the same school that he went to growi...

Two Bad ApplesJefferson is a kid with really bad luck. He skips a hunting trip one day and ends up with two bad-news guys at a liquor store instead. They try to rob the place, the owner turns the g...

Like a RockA big, sweet, old woman, Miss Emma has taken care of Jefferson his whole life as his godmother (or as they say in Louisiana, nannan). Before that she was the cook and housekeeper on a pl...

This guy sure knows how to push Grant's buttons. And vice versa. Mose, being a religious man, has a lot of bones to pick with the nonbeliever Grant. He shows us just how dogmatic society can be, be...

Talk about hot for teacher. Vivian is Grant's main squeeze. She's married but separated, trying to get a divorce, and has a couple of kids that she leaves with a babysitter in order to meet up with...

It's mentioned over and over that Paul is from "good stock", which basically means that his family is all right. He himself is more than all right. He makes pretty good friends with Grant and seems...

Dr. Joseph isn't exactly part of the law, but he fits into this category because he represents the government and comes from outside to impose his rules on the quarter. He's the school superintende...