Character Relationship Map: BlacKkKlansman

Characters

• Ron Stallworth (played by John David Washington) — protagonist

  The first Black officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department who goes undercover to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan chapter. He recruits a Jewish coworker to impersonate him in person while he...

• Flip Zimmerman (played by Adam Driver) — protagonist

  A Jewish police officer recruited by Stallworth to physically infiltrate the KKK while Stallworth handles phone communications. He successfully gains the group's trust, endures suspicion and a polygra...

• David Duke (played by Topher Grace) — supporting

  The Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who oversees the Colorado Springs chapter's operations. He visits the city to induct Stallworth (via Zimmerman), interacts with the undercover officers, and is lat...

• Patrice Dumas (played by Laura Harrier) — supporting

  President of the Black Student Union at Colorado College and a civil rights activist who meets Stallworth at a Kwame Ture rally. She becomes Stallworth's romantic partner and is indirectly targeted wh...

• Chief Bridges (played by Robert John Burke) — supporting
• Felix Kendrickson (played by Jasper Pääkkönen) — supporting

  A volatile and reckless member of the Colorado Springs KKK chapter who meets the undercover officer. He suspects Zimmerman's Jewish identity, attempts a polygraph test at gunpoint, and is later killed...

• Ivanhoe (played by Paul Walter Hauser) — supporting

  A KKK member who cryptically hints at an impending terrorist attack during his interactions with the undercover officer. He is later killed when he and two accomplices accidentally detonate a bomb the...

• Kwame Ture (played by Corey Hawkins) — supporting

  A prominent national civil rights leader and speaker at a Colorado Springs rally. His presence draws the attention of undercover officer Stallworth and triggers a racist confrontation with a local pol...

• Connie Kendrickson (played by Ashlie Atkinson) — minor
• Walter Breachway (played by Ryan Eggold) — supporting

  The president of the local Colorado Springs Ku Klux Klan chapter. He oversees the induction process for the undercover officers and facilitates their integration into the group's operations.

• Walker (played by Nicholas Turturro) — cameo

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Chief Bridges → Flip Zimmerman (Professional Police Supervisor)

  Chief Bridges congratulates the team after the operation succeeds and orders the investigation and its records closed.

• Felix Kendrickson → Connie Kendrickson (Family Married Couple)

  The plot identifies Connie as Felix's wife, and they coordinate the bombing plan.

• David Duke → Walter Breachway (Power National Leader)

  David Duke is the Grand Wizard, while Walter Breachway is president of the local Colorado Springs chapter.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Patrice Dumas → Felix Kendrickson (Conflict Ideological Opponents)

  Felix's bombing plan redirects the attack to Patrice's house after the police presence disrupts the rally plan.

• Patrice Dumas → Connie Kendrickson (Conflict Targeted Opponents)

  Connie first attempts to place a device at a civil rights rally and then plants it under the car at Patrice's house.

• Patrice Dumas → Kwame Ture (Alliance Civil Rights Allies)

  Kwame Ture speaks at the rally where Patrice, president of the Black Student Union, is present.

• Ivanhoe → Walker (Alliance Klan Collaborators)

  Ivanhoe and Walker travel with Felix to Patrice's house and are killed when the explosive device is detonated.

• Felix Kendrickson → Walker (Alliance Terror Plot Collaborators)

  Walker informs Felix that he recognized Zimmerman, then joins Felix and Ivanhoe at the house where the device is detonated.

• Felix Kendrickson → Ivanhoe (Alliance Klan Collaborators)

  Felix and Ivanhoe drive together with Walker to Patrice's house and detonate the device hidden under the car.

• Walter Breachway → Felix Kendrickson (Alliance Klan Associates)

  Walter leads the local chapter, and Felix is introduced as a member who meets the undercover officer through that chapter.

• Flip Zimmerman → David Duke (Narrative False Initiate)

  Flip, masquerading as Ron, is initiated into the Klan during David Duke's visit to Colorado Springs.

• Flip Zimmerman → Connie Kendrickson (Conflict Undercover Adversaries)

  Connie meets the undercover officer during the Klan activities and is later arrested after the bombing attempt is stopped.

• Flip Zimmerman → Felix Kendrickson (Conflict Suspicious Adversaries)

  Felix suspects that Flip is Jewish and attempts to force him to take a polygraph test at gunpoint.

• Flip Zimmerman → Walter Breachway (Conflict Undercover Contact)

  Under Ron's identity, Flip meets Walter Breachway as part of the effort to infiltrate the Colorado Springs Klan chapter.

• Ron Stallworth → Walker (Conflict Investigation Target)

  Walker informs Felix at the Klan reception after recognizing Flip, and later drives with Felix and Ivanhoe to the bomb site.

Story Analysis

A Black police officer and his Jewish coworker infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan, exposing racist violence while confronting its continuing legacy.

Plot Progression

1. A Badge Against Barriers
2. The Voice on the Telephone
3. Inside the Klan Circle
4. The Bomb Beneath the Car
5. Victory With a Shadow