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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Reynolds, Graham, 1944-     Subjects     Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965.     Black Canadian women -- Biography.     Black Canadian businesspeople -- Biography.     Black Canadians -- Biography.     Civil rights workers, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.     Blacks -- Canada -- History.     Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- History.     Blacks -- Segregation -- Canada -- History.     Segregation -- Canada -- History.     Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Reynolds, Graham, 1944-       by title:      Viola Desmond : her ...       by call number:      971.600496 D464r     Search the Web     Reynolds, Graham, 1944-     Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965.     Black Canadian women -- Biography.     Black Canadian businesspeople -- Biography.     Black Canadians -- Biography.     Civil rights workers, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.     Blacks -- Canada -- History.     Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- History.     Blacks -- Segregation -- Canada -- History.     Segregation -- Canada -- History.     Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History.       MARC Display

Viola Desmond : her life and times / Graham Reynolds, Wanda Robson. by Reynolds, Graham, 1944- Roseway Publishing, 2018. Call #: 971.600496 D464r Subjects Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965.   Black Canadian women -- Biography.   Black Canadian businesspeople -- Biography.   Black Canadians -- Biography.   Civil rights workers, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.   Blacks -- Canada -- History.   Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- History.   Blacks -- Segregation -- Canada -- History.   Segregation -- Canada -- History.   Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History. ISBN:  9781773631233 (softcover) Description:  x, 117 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Summary:  "For many Canadians, the first introduction to Viola Desmond will have been was 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 is the first authoritative biography of this remarkable woman. It providinges new research and insights into her life. and Iit 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. In spite of the widespread racial barriers that existed in Canada during most of the twentieth century, Viola Desmond succeeded in becoming the preeminent Black beauty culturist in Canada. In the late 1930s, she established the first Black beauty studio in Halifax and in the 1940s, she created her own line of beauty products, which she marketed throughout Atlantic Canada. During this same period, she established the Desmond School of Beauty Culture, the first of its kind in Canada." Genre:  Biographies. Other authors:  Robson, Wanda, 1926-2022. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Bedford Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 971.600496 D464r Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 971.600496 D464r Adult books Checked out Aug 22, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 971.600496 D464r Core Collection - Adult Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 971.600496 D464r Adult books Not Available   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 971.600496 D464r Adult books Adult Display 1   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 971.600496 D464r Adult books Adult Display 1   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Local History Collection 971.600496 D464r Non-circulating Local History Room - Central Library, 4th Floor   Add Copy to MyList Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 971.600496 D464r Adult books Checked out Jun 05, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 971.600496 D464r Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Non-Circulating Children's Reference 971.600496 D464r Non-circulating Checked in   Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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