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Reynolds, Graham, 1944-
Subjects
Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965.
Blacks -- Segregation -- Canada -- History.
Blacks -- Segregation -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Blacks -- Canada -- History.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Race discrimination -- Canada -- History.
Race discrimination -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Racism -- Canada -- History.
Racism -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Segregation -- Canada -- History.
Slavery -- Canada -- History.
Civil rights -- Canada -- History.
Civil rights -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Judicial error -- Nova Scotia -- Case studies.
Women, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Businesswomen, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Businesswomen -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Black Canadians -- Biography.
Dartmouth Book Award.
Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Nova Scotia -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Nova Scotia -- History -- 20th century.
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Reynolds, Graham, 1944-
Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965.
Blacks -- Segregation -- Canada -- History.
Blacks -- Segregation -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Blacks -- Canada -- History.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Race discrimination -- Canada -- History.
Race discrimination -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Racism -- Canada -- History.
Racism -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Segregation -- Canada -- History.
Slavery -- Canada -- History.
Civil rights -- Canada -- History.
Civil rights -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Judicial error -- Nova Scotia -- Case studies.
Women, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Businesswomen, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Businesswomen -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Black Canadians -- Biography.
Dartmouth Book Award.
Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Nova Scotia -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Nova Scotia -- History -- 20th century.
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Viola Desmond's Canada : a history of blacks and racial segregation in the promised land / Graham Reynolds with Wanda Robson.
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Reynolds, Graham, 1944-
Fernwood Publishing, 2016.
Call #:
305
.896071
R463v
Subjects
Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965.
Blacks -- Segregation -- Canada -- History.
Blacks -- Segregation -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Blacks -- Canada -- History.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Race discrimination -- Canada -- History.
Race discrimination -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Racism -- Canada -- History.
Racism -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Segregation -- Canada -- History.
Slavery -- Canada -- History.
Civil rights -- Canada -- History.
Civil rights -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Judicial error -- Nova Scotia -- Case studies.
Women, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Businesswomen, Black -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Businesswomen -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Black Canadians -- Biography.
Dartmouth Book Award.
Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Nova Scotia -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Nova Scotia -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781552668375 (pbk.)
Description:
xvi, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In 1946, a Black Halifax businesswoman, Viola Desmond, was wrongfully arrested for sitting in a white's-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In 2010, sixty-four years later, the Nova Scotia government recognized this gross miscarriage of justice and posthumously granted her a free pardon. Most Canadians are aware of Rosa Parks, the American civil rights icon who refused to give up her seat on a racially segregated bus in Alabama, but Viola Desmond's similar act of courage in resisting the practice of racial segregation occurred nine years before this historic event. However, today, even after the Nova Scotia Government's unprecedented pardon of Desmond, many Canadians are still unaware of her story or that racial segregation existed throughout many parts of Canada during most of the twentieth century. A groundbreaking book aimed at providing both general readers and students of Canadian history with a concise overview of the narrative of the Black experience in Canada, from slavery under French and British rule in the eighteenth century to the practice of racial segregation and the fight for racial equality in the twentieth century. Included are personal recollections by Wanda Robson, Viola Desmond's youngest sister, together with important but previously unpublished documents and other primary sources in the history of Blacks in Canada."--Provided by publisher.
Awards:
Winner of the Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction, 2017.
Other authors:
Robson, Wanda, 1926-2022.
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305.896071 R463v
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Adult Black Nonfiction
305.896071 R463v
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Adult Black Nonfiction
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Adult Black Nonfiction
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Adult Black Nonfiction
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