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Viola Desmond, circa 1940. Bank of Canada. 

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Resource ID

8973

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Bank of Canada

Date of Creation

1940

Description

Viola Desmond was the owner of the Desmond School of Beauty Culture in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a popular beauty salon in the city’s North End. In 1946, Desmond was forcibly removed from a movie theatre for trying to sit in a section reserved for white people.

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Viola Desmond

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Viola Desmond, circa 1940. Bank of Canada.

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