Viola Desmond

Viola Desmond
1914 - 1965
Viola Desmond  Canadian Activist
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First Name Viola
Last Name Desmond
Birthday 6th July, 1914
Birthplace Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died 7th February, 1965
Place of Death New York City, New York, United States
Build Slim
Eye Color Black
Hair Color Brown - Dark
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Ethnicity Multiracial
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Text Beautician
Occupation Activist

Viola Irene Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965) was a Canadian civil 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. For this, she was convicted of a minor tax violation for the one-cent tax difference between the seat she had paid for and the seat she used, which was more expensive. Desmond's case is one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Canadian history and helped start the modern civil rights movement in Canada.

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