- Viola Irene Desmond was a Canadian Black Nova Scotian businesswoman who challenged racial segregation at a film theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946
| Born: | 06 July 1914 Comment | | When did Viola Desmond die? / Died | 07 February 1965 | | How many years did Viola Desmond live? / Lived | 50 years | | Where was Viola Desmond born? | Canada | | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
Viola Desmond Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Viola Desmond worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | Canadian |
Viola Desmond facts
- She refused to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre and was unjustly convicted of a minor tax violation used to enforce segregation
- 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
- In 2010, Desmond was granted a posthumous pardon, the first to be granted in Canada
- The government of Nova Scotia also apologized for prosecuting her for tax evasion, and acknowledged she was rightfully resisting racial discrimination
- In 2016, the Bank of Canada announced that Desmond will be the first Canadian woman to be featured on the front of a banknote
- She is slated to appear on the $10 bill in 2018
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Last update: 18 February 2017
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