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Language: en
Pages: 34
Pages: 34
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Tells the story of Viola Desmond, an African Canadian woman who, in 1946, challenged a Nova Scotia movie theater's segregation policy by refusing to move from h
Language: en
Pages: 31
Pages: 31
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher:
Meet Viola Desmond, community leader and early civil rights trailblazer! On the night of November 8th 1946, Nova Scotia businesswoman Viola Desmond stood up for
Language: en
Pages: 175
Pages: 175
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z - Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
In 1946, Viola Desmond was wrongfully arrested for sitting in a whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In 2010, the Nova Scotia Gov
Language: en
Pages: 96
Pages: 96
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z - Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Many Canadians know that Viola Desmond is the first Black, non-royal woman to be featured on Canadian currency. But fewer know the details of Viola Desmond’s
Language: en
Pages:
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher:
In Sister to Courage, Wanda takes us inside the world she shared with Viola and ten other brothers and sisters. Through touching and often hilarious stories, sh