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2 unusual facts about Charles Sims


Charles Sims

Charles Edward Sims (1925–1983), State Librarian of Kansas, 1973–1975

Toronto municipal election, December 1950

The defeat of Norman Freed and the failure of Charles Sims to regain his seat would bring to a close the communist Labor-Progressive Party's presence on Toronto's City Council though the party, and its successor, the Communist Party of Canada would continue to elect members as school trustees for several decades.



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Deacons for Defense and Justice

The Jonesboro chapter later organized a Deacons chapter in Bogalusa, Louisiana, led by Charles Sims, A. Z. Young and Robert Hicks.

Stanley Brehaut Ryerson

Following the outlawing of the CPC in 1940, General Secretary Tim Buck along with Sam Carr and Charles Sims fled Canada for the safety of New York where they would reside under the protection of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA).