Obie Kipper: (late 20's early 30's) Black, father and husband of Mary Abraham Kaplan: (late 20's early 30's) Jewish, friend and coworker at the Post Office with Obie Kipper Mary Francis: (late 20's early 30's) Black, mother and wife to Obie Tyler Kipper: (8 or 9) Black son to Obie and Mary Kipper Angela Kaplan: (20's - 30's) Jewish, Abraham's wife and friends with Obie and Mary> Merle Swanson: (40 - 50) White, a Minneapolis Real Estate agent