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Roscoe Conkling Simmons (view source)
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{{Infobox person
|name=Roscoe Conkling “R. C.” Simmons, Sr.
|image=
|birth_date=June 20, 1881
|birth_place=Greenview, Mississippi
|death_date=April 27, 1951
|death_place=[[Chicago, Illinois]]
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Althea Amaryllis Merchant
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
}}
'''Roscoe Conkling Simmons, Sr.''' (June 20, 1881 – April 27, 1951), also known as '''R. C. Simmons''', was a journalist, orator, and staunch [[Republican]] from [[Mississippi]] who was a leader among black-and-tan factions, pro-civil rights GOP delegations in [[the South]]. A nephew of renowned black leader [[Booker T. Washington]], his advocacy often shared the accommodationist tones similar to that of [[Perry W. Howard, II]].
'''Roscoe Conkling Simmons, Sr.''' (June 20, 1881 – April 27, 1951), also known as '''R. C. Simmons''', was a journalist, orator, and staunch [[Republican]] from [[Mississippi]] who was a leader among black-and-tan factions, pro-civil rights GOP delegations in [[the South]]. A nephew of renowned black leader [[Booker T. Washington]], his advocacy often shared the accommodationist tones similar to that of [[Perry W. Howard, II]].