Jimmy Simmons

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  02/10/17 TWN-National News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/5/2002    Last Visited: 3/16/2003  

  Jimmy Simmons, Casper chapter president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said he attended Jamal's show and found a flier on his car afterward."I said, ‘Well, it's a hate group.It's got to be.' It's not just a gay and lesbian thing.It's hate, period, anti-Semitic, anti-black, anti-gay."Jamal, a Casper native whose show included a message of interracial harmony, said she welcomes the message."I welcome them to enter my territory because my biggest fan base is blond and blue-eyed," she said."I understand and I respect the Aryan white fear that they have because there are ... many that are not true Caucasians anymore.

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  Casper Jan. 16 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/17/2004    Last Visited: 1/18/2004  

  Entertainment will be provided by High Eagle Singers; speeches will be given by Casper Branch NAACP President Jimmy Simmons and Mayor Barb Watters.

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  From many peoples, one Wyoming - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/16/2003    Last Visited: 8/16/2003  

  Jimmy Simmons, president of the Casper Chapter of the NAACP, plans on participating at the summit.He agreed with Naylor-Yarger on the importance of such an event.
  
  "We are trying to find out what are the dynamics that we can utilize to get past this type of thing," Simmons said.
  
  "You have to understand everybody wants a safe environment to learn in.The black children want a safe environment to learn in, the Latinos want a safe environment to learn in, the whites want a safe environment to learn in, the Native Americans want a safe environment to learn in, and the gays want a safe environment to learn in as well.
  
  "So if we can get our heads together and come up with some type of dynamic that we can utilize to try to get past this hurdle," it will be a very good thing, Simmons said.

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  Greeley Tribune - News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/7/2004    Last Visited: 12/7/2004  

  "People in Gilcrest need to know what is going on in their community," said NAACP 1st Vice President Jimmy Simmons of the Colorado, Montana, Wyoming State Conference of Branches.
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  Simmons said he was unable to identify the families involved and the organization's findings because they are being kept confidential during the investigation.
  
  "These people have been threatened that their house was going to be burned down," Simmons said.
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  Simmons said after talking with the older Gilcrest couple, they made the choice not to aggressively pursue the matter with police.
  
  "Through all their pain and suffering, they still want to be merciful to the people doing it to them," he said.

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  Greeley Tribune - News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/18/2004    Last Visited: 12/18/2004  

  Earlier this month, Jimmy Simmons, the NAACP first vice president of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming State Conferences, notified Small about possible acts of ethnic intimidation.
  
  Simmons said in a letter to the Tribune an older minority family was being taunted with vulgar racial slurs, threats of fire damage to their homes and gang activity related to intimidation and a possible kidnapping caught on videotape.
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  Simmons said he has been pulled off the case by the NAACP and could not comment.

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  K2 Television - Wyoming's News Leader - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/24/2003    Last Visited: 3/24/2003  

  JIMMY SIMMONS, BRANCH PRESIDENT OF THE CASPER NAACP SAYS, "THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS SUICIDE FROM BASED ON WHAT I`VE SEEN, BASED ON THE REPORTS I`VE READ - FOR THEM TO CONCLUDE THAT IT WAS SUICIDE IS EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS."
  
  SIMMONS SAYS THE CASE HAS EVEN GARNERED INTEREST FROM THE F-B-I.
  
  FRANKSON`S MOTHER IS GRANTING THE NAACP AUTHORITY TO EXHUME HER SON`S BODY FOR AID IN THE INVESTIGATION.
  
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  K2 Television - Wyoming's News Leader - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/4/2003    Last Visited: 6/4/2003  

  JIMMY SIMMONS, THE CASPER-BRANCH PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP SAYS, "IT`S WHITE SUPREMACY TERRORISM, AND THEY`RE STARTING YOUNG.THEY`RE STARTING WITH OUR CHILDREN, AND WE JUST CAN`T HAVE THAT."
  
  SIMMONS SAYS THIS SO-CALLED GAME IS A, QUOTE, "DIVISIVE TOOL" THAT CONTINUES THE RACE WAR, AND HE THINKS IT BRAINWASHES KIDS: "IN PLAYING THIS GAME A LOT, WE FEEL THE CHILD IS ACCLIMATED TO, OR GETS THE IDEA OF GOING OUT AND DOING THE ACTUAL THING.58, AND SO THIS IS WHY THIS GAME IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN OUR OPINION."
  
  ONE VIDEO GAME STORE OWNER AGREES.
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  WHATEVER YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE SAYS THESE GAMES ARE POPULAR RECRUITING TOOLS, AND THAT ALARMS SIMMONS AND MANY OTHERS.

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  K2 Television - Wyoming's News Leader - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/31/2002    Last Visited: 8/31/2002  

  JIMMY SIMMONS, BRANCH PRESIDENT FOR THE NAACP, SAID PUBLISHED REPORTS THAT THE ORGANIZATION PLANNED TO SUE BLANKENSHIP WERE INCORRECT.
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  SIMMONS SAID THE NAACP IS INVESTIGATING THE CLAIMS OF KELLY RUTZ, A HISPANIC TEACHER IN RAWLINS.
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  THE NAACP IS COLLECTING FACTS ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS AS A NEUTRAL PARTY, SIMMONS SAID.
  
  "WE`RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIND FACTS AND SEE HOW THIS THING UNFOLDS," HE SAID.
  
  SIMMONS SAID HE HASN`T HEARD BLANKENSHIP`S SIDE OF THE STORY AND NAACP INVESTIGATORS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM.
  
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  SIMMONS SAID BLANKENSHIP`S DENIAL OF RACIST MOTIVATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLEGATIONS MADE IT APPEAR AS IF HE HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF RACISM.

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  K2TV Wyoming's News Leader - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/16/2006    Last Visited: 1/27/2006  

  JIMMY SIMMONS, PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP CHAPTER OF WYOMING, PRAISED HOW KING`S ACTIVISM WENT BEYOND JUST BLACK AMERICA.KING`S FIGHT WAS FOR EVERYONE, AND HE DROVE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WITH PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS.

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  Native America Calling - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/13/2008    Last Visited: 7/18/2008  

  Guests include Ivan Posey (Eastern Shoshone), Chairman/ Eastern Shoshone Business Council, Reverend Gill Ford, Regional Director/ Region 4 NAACP, and Jimmy Simmons, President/ Casper Branch of the NAACP.

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