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Mr. Simmons is the manager of a grocery store that Russell works for in Baltimore. Mr. Simmons is bawdy, both jovial and cruel. He berates the black customers who come to the store to have checks cashed, and he peeps up women's skirts through a peephole in the cellar. He hates Russell and refuses to allow him to cashier.