"Do your little bit of good where you are, it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” ~ Viola Desmond (1914-1965) Canada's version of Rosa Parks
A successful black Nova Scotia businesswoman, Viola Desmond defiantly refused to leave a whites-only area of a movie theatre in 1946 and was subsequently jailed, convicted and fined, which she fought and lost. She recieved a free pardon after her death and is considered Canada's "First Lady of Civil Rights." Desmond is depicted on Canada's $10. bill.
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Super high density hd 8k photogenic Acrylic painting of "Viola Desmond" Canadian civil & women's rights icon 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. ...