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| Title
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Viola Desmond : her life and times (38536) |
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| Physical
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Illustrated
| Collection
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Professional Library
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| Synopsis
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"For many Canadians, the first introduction to Viola Desmond will
have been seeing her portrait on the new $10 banknote. Others know
that she was wrongfully arrested in 1946 for refusing to give up her
seat in the racially segregated Roseland Theater in New Glasgow, Nova
Scotia. Her singular act of courage was a catalyst in the struggle
for racial equality, which ultimately resulted in the passage of
human rights legislation that officially ended the practice of racial
segregation in Nova Scotia. Today, Viola Desmond has become a
national civil rights icon, and a symbol of courage in the face of
injustice. She is considered by many as Canada'a Rosa Parks. Viola
Desmond: Her Life and Times looks beyond the theatre incident. It
provides new research and insights into her life, and it details not
only her act of courage in resisting the practice of racial
segregation but also her extraordinary achievement as a pioneer
African Canadian businesswomen." -provided by publisher.
| Author
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Reynolds, Graham
| Added autho
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Robson, Wanda
| Dimensions
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22 cm
ISBN#
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9781773631233
| Stmt Resp
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Graham Reynolds with Wanda Robson.
| TitleVartn
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Viola Desmond : her life & times
| Subjects
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Black history;
BlacksCanadaHistory;
Civil rightsCanada;
Race discriminationCanada;
SegregationHistory;
Diversity(CK);
Desmond, Viola,1914-1965(A);
Robson, Wanda,1926-author(A)
| Call#
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323.092 REY
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