# Jane Morgan — The Blacker the Berry character guide

> Jane Morgan in The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jane

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

## Who they are

Emma Lou's mother.

## Relationships

### [Emma Lou Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blacker_the_berry_se/characters/emma_lou_morgan)

_family_

Jane is Emma Lou's sister, with whom she has a distant and strained relationship.

### [Emma Lou Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blacker_the_berry_se/characters/emma_lou_morgan)

_family_

Jane is Emma Lou's sister, with whom she has a distant and strained relationship.

### [Emma Lou Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blacker_the_berry_se/characters/emma_lou_morgan)

_family_

Jane is Emma Lou's sister, with whom she has a distant and strained relationship.

## In the story

### [The Blacker the Berry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blacker_the_berry_se/chapters/the-blacker-the-berry)

Emma Lou's mother, who perpetuates color prejudice within the family.

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

Emma Lou's mother, who is fair-skinned and often laments that Emma Lou was not born a boy, believing a black girl's life is doomed to sorrow.

### [Part III: Alva](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blacker_the_berry_se/chapters/part-iii-alva)

Emma Lou's mother, who writes a tearful letter urging her to return home; Emma Lou dismisses it.

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