Meet Viola Desmond / Elizabeth MacLeod ; illustrated by Mike Deas.
Series: Scholastic Canada biographyPublisher: Toronto : Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2018Copyright date: �2018Description: 31 pages : colour illustrationsContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1443163872
- 9781443163873
- 971.6004960092 23
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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J900-999 | Flesherton Branch Shelves | J 971.6004960092 Desmo -M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 10/12/2024 | 32241001120429 |
"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 her right to be in the "unofficial" whites-only section of a New Glasgow movie theatre . . . and was arrested for it. Supported by the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSCAACP) and the black-owned newspaper The Clarion, Viola took her quest for the right to freedom from discrimination to the courts. While she ultimately did not succeed, she was a beacon to other early civil-rights activists. Her sister Wanda worked hard to promote Viola's legacy, which has been finally honoured by Viola's inclusion on the new Canadian"--Provided by publisher.
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