Jody Starks
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-02281 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1173. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Ambitious mayor husband
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Ambitious mayor husband
The record
- Also known as: portrayed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Work type: character
Relationships
- Their Eyes Were Watching God — featured in
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Sources
- https://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/hurston_zoraneale/eyes_god/characterlist_hurston_eyes_god.pdf (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Jody Starks (Joe 'Jody' Starks), character in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston — Janie's second husband
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- Rollin' Stone
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- Roots (Curtis Mayfield album)
- Roots (TV miniseries)
- Rope and Faggot
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