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Bookmark or Share- Viola Desmond National Historic Person (1914-1965) - Parks CanadaViola Desmond was designated a national historic person in 2017. Historical importance: African-Canadian business woman, civil rights activist. Commemorative plaque: Former Roseland Theatre, 188 Provost Street, and Viola’s Way, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia 1.
- Viola Desmond | The Canadian EncyclopediaViola Irene Desmond (née Davis), businesswoman, civil rights activist (born 6 July 1914 in Halifax, NS; died 7 February 1965 in New York, NY). Viola Desmond built a career and business as a beautician and was a mentor to young Black women in Nova Scotia through her Desmond School of Beauty Culture.
- Viola Desmond - WikipediaViola Irene Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965) was a Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre.
- How civil rights icon Viola Desmond helped change course of Canadian ...Canada. How civil rights icon Viola Desmond helped change course of Canadian history. N.S. woman refused to give up seat at movie theatre 9 years before Rosa Parks' famous act of defiance. CBC...
- Viola Desmond - Civil Rights ActivistWanda. LEARN MORE. Viola Desmond is an important figure in Canadian Civil Rights Activism. Due to her actions in 1946, Nova Scotia, she sparked the Civil Rights Movement in Canada. Cape Breton University is creating a Chair for Social Justice in her name, and need your support to make it happen.
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