Viola Desmond : her life and times /

Viola Desmond : her life and times /

"For many Canadians, the first introduction to Viola Desmond will have been was seeing her portrait on the new $10 banknote. Those who are familiar with her life Others know that she was wrongfully arrested in 1946 for refusing to give up her seat in the racially segregated Roseland Theater in...

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Main Authors: Reynolds, Graham, 1944- (Author), Robson, Wanda, 1926-2022 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Black Point, Nova Scotia ; Winnipeg, Manitoba : Roseway Publishing, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, [2018]
Subjects:
Desmond, Viola, > 1914-1965.
Women, Black > Canada > Biography.
Businesspeople, Black > Canada > Biography.
Civil rights workers, Black > Nova Scotia > Biography.
Black people > Canada > History.
Black people > Nova Scotia > History.
Black people > Segregation > Canada > History.
Segregation > Canada > History.
Black Canadian women > Biography.
Black Canadian businesspeople > Biography.
Noires > Canada > Biographies.
Gens d'affaires noirs > Canada > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs > Nouvelle-Écosse > Biographies.
Ségrégation > Canada > Histoire.
Women, Black.
Businesspeople, Black.
Black people.
Black people > Segregation.
Civil rights workers, Black.
Ethnic relations.
Segregation.
Canada > Ethnic relations > History.
Canada.
Nova Scotia.
Biography
Biographies.
History.

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Call Number: F 1039.5 .H17 R49 2018
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