# Aloysius McNamara — The Blacker the Berry character guide

> Aloysius McNamara in The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Aloysius

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-emma-lou

## Who they are

A college student who corresponds with Emma Lou.

## In the story

### [Part I: Emma Lou](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blacker_the_berry_se/chapters/part-i-emma-lou)

Emma Lou's step-grandfather, a light-skinned man who despised dark-skinned Blacks and eventually abandoned the family, reinforcing the family's legacy of color prejudice.

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