Who is Ella Mae from If He Hollers Let Him Go: A Novel and what is their importance? If_He_Hollers_Let_Him_Go English & Literature Ella Mae | If He Hollers Let Him Go: A Novel

Ella Mae is the lighter-skinned black woman with whom Jones boards. Married to Henry and mother of an unnamed baby, Ella Mae has in the past let Jones have sex with her a couple of times, but stopped after he angrily found out she was only doing it because she felt sorry for him. Uneducated but wise, she is a voice of honest appraisal in Jones's life.