Clemmons
Proper noun
Meaning
Clemmons (plural Clemmonses)
A surname.
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Examples
During the years of school segregation, when black families were bullied out of public swimming pools, Rogers invited his onscreen neighborhood cop, played by gay African-American François Clemmons, to share a footbath on camera.
Francois Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons, recalls Rogers telling him that he couldn't go to gay bars while making "Mister Rogers" -- that while he didn't judge his sexuality, Clemmons couldn't be "out."
Clemmons v. Bohannon, 956 F.2d 1523 (10th Cir. 1992) (en banc) (examining whether exposure to secondhand smoke constituted cruel and unusual punishment).
But that’s not good enough, said Nashville Democrat Rep. John Ray Clemmons, a vocal critic of outsourcing.
I didn’t know until I saw “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” that Francois Clemmons, who played police officer Clemmons on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” for 25 years, was the first black American to have a recurring role on children’s TV.
They reported that Clemmons had been saying he could fly and that he expected President Obama to visit to "confirm that he is Messiah in the flesh."