# Vera Manning — There Is Confusion character guide

> Vera Manning in There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Vera, Vera Manning

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

A friend of Joanna's from the artistic community, sophisticated and worldly.

## Relationships

### [Joanna Marshall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/characters/joanna_marshall)

_friendship_

Joanna and Vera are close friends and allies in the social and artistic circles of Harlem.

### [Joanna Marshall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/characters/joanna_marshall)

_friendship_

Joanna and Vera are close friends and allies in the social and artistic circles of Harlem.

### [Joanna Marshall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/characters/joanna_marshall)

_friendship_

Joanna and Vera are close friends and allies in the social and artistic circles of Harlem.

## In the story

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/chapters/xxiv)

Passing for white, she shares her story of losing Alexander Harley due to her mother's color prejudice and describes her current life working among white people.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/chapters/xxviii)

Meets Joanna at a society event, claims they are old schoolmates, and later invites her to tea.

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Has become an undercover investigator in the South, exposing racial injustices; reveals that Alexander Harley is staying in France and that Maggie is marrying Philip.

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