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  1. 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.

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

    Jul 2, 2024 · 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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  4. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca › viola-desmondViola 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.

  5. 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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  6. blackexcellencecommunitylibrary.ca › viola-desmondViola Desmond – BECL

    Viola Desmond was a Canadian businesswoman and civil libertarian who built a career as a beautician and served as a mentor to young black women in Nova Scotia through her Desmond School of Beauty Culture. She is celebrated for her courageous acts of refusing discrimination.

  7. parks.canada.ca › culture › ~Viola 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.

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  9. www.canadashistory.ca › explore › womenViola Desmond: An Unlikely Crusader - Canada's History

    Feb 23, 2015 · Viola Desmond didn't set out to be a civil rights leader. But in 1946 when she was removed from a theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia for sitting in a section reserved for whites, she fought back in court.