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  1. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca › en › articleViola Desmond | The Canadian Encyclopedia

    Jan 27, 2013 · Viola 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.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Viola_DesmondViola Desmond - Wikipedia

    Viola 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.

  3. humanrights.ca › story › one-womans-resistanceOne woman's resistance | CMHR

    Jan 29, 2018 · By refusing to change seats and by fighting her conviction in court, Viola Desmond directly challenged segregation in Canada. She was not the first Black woman in Canada to push back against racism.

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  4. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaHow civil rights icon Viola Desmond helped change course of ...

    Dec 8, 2016 · Remembering Canadian civil rights icon Viola Desmond. The manager dragged her out of the theatre and she was arrested. She spent a night in jail and was released the next day, badly bruised,...

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  5. parks.canada.ca › personnage-person › viola-desmondViola Desmond National Historic Person (1914-1965) - Parks Canada

    An African-Canadian businesswoman, she confronted the anti-Black racism that African Nova Scotians routinely faced by refusing to move from her seat in the “whites-only” section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow on 8 November 1946. For this she was arrested, jailed overnight, and fined.

  6. www.britannica.com › biography › Viola-DesmondViola Desmond | Biography, Family, & Facts | Britannica

    4 days ago · Viola Desmond (born July 6, 1914, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada—died February 7, 1965, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Canadian businesswoman and civil libertarian who built a career as a beautician and was a mentor to young Black women in Nova Scotia through her Desmond School of Beauty Culture.

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  8. www.thoughtco.com › viola-desmond-biography-4120764Biography of Canadian Civil Rights Icon Viola Desmond - ThoughtCo

    Jul 3, 2019 · The court case marked the first known legal challenge to segregation presented by a Black woman in Canada, according to the Bank of Canada. Although Desmond lost, her efforts inspired Black Nova Scotians to demand equal treatment and put a spotlight on racial injustice in Canada.