WVXU

Walking the beat in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood

It's Friday, which is when we hear from StoryCorps. And this morning, we rebroadcast some gentle voices from 2016. Francois Clemmons played Officer Clemmons on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" for 25 ...
WESA

Officer Clemmons, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Policeman Pal, Tells His Story

Like many kids in the 1980s, I grew up learning how to accept whom I was by watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. I remember it all: the trolley, the fish tank, the cardigans, the ritual changing of ...
The Inlander

Fifty years since Mr. Rogers invited Officer Clemmons on screen, we're still battling bigotry

We are living in the age of a Mr. Rogers Renaissance. Wherever you look there is someone waxing poetic about their Neighborhood memories. At Get Lit! this spring, author Roxane Gay read Mr. Rogers fan ...
New York Post

Fundraiser for ailing ‘Mister Rogers’ Officer Clemmons reaches $100K goal: ‘Enormously grateful’

An online fundraiser for the actor who played Officer Clemmons in the iconic children’s program “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood” has hit its $100,000 goal — thanks in part to The New York Post. “WE DID ...
NPR

Walking the beat in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood

For 25 years, Francois Clemmons played the role of Officer Clemmons on the beloved children's program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Clemmons joined the cast of the show in 1968, becoming the first ...