# Jennie — The Souls of Black Folk character guide

> Jennie in The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** sister Jennie

**First appearance:** 0009-vii-of-the-black-belt

## Who they are

A young Black woman in the rural South, sister to a local character.

## In the story

### [Of the Coming of John](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_souls_of_black_folk_se/chapters/xiii-of-the-coming-of-john)

The shy little waitress at the Henderson house, who is asked about her John (Black John).

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