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...

but it is best known as the location of a human rights case involving Viola Desmond, who challenged racial segregation in 1946. It was converted from a...

current $10 note is purple, and the obverse features a portrait of Viola Desmond, a Black Nova Scotian businesswoman who challenged racial segregation...

harm done to Black Nova Scotians, such as the Africville Apology, the Viola Desmond Pardon, the restorative justice initiative for the Nova Scotia Home...

Smallville, and Reaper. On 2 February 2016, Historica Canada featured Viola Desmond in the 82nd Heritage Minute, to mark the beginning of Black History...

which also prints the banknotes. The first note, the $10 bill featuring Viola Desmond, was revealed on International Women's Day, 8 March 2018, and was released...

Thomas C. Desmond (1887–1972), New York state senator Viola Desmond (1914–1965), Canadian beautician and civil rights advocate Walter Desmond (1876–1951)...

Canada and the Bank of Canada announced that civil rights activist Viola Desmond would replace John A. Macdonald (who had been on the face of the $10...

of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Canada. He is mostly known as Viola Desmond's lawyer. Bissett's parents moved from St. John's, Newfoundland Colony...

from Georgia Viola Davis Brown (1936–2017), nurse and civil rights activist who engaged in politics Viola Desmond (1914–1965), born Viola Davis, Canadian...

Canadian $10 bill featuring a portrait of Canadian civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond is presented in a vertical format. The Northern Irish £5 and £10 notes...

activist. Robson became an activist when her sister, civil rights activist Viola Desmond, was arrested in 1946. Robson spent years working to get her sister's...

branches.: 81  In 1947, the Association successfully took the case of Viola Desmond to the Supreme Court of Canada: 93  It also pressured the Children's...

Viola Desmond, a black woman, refused to leave the segregated whites-only section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Viola Desmond was...

zoologist Viola Desmond, (1914–1965), African-Nova Scotian civil rights figure Viola Hashe (1926–1977), South African anti-apartheid activist Viola Hill (1892-...

Nova Scotia, including being home to a beauty shop and school owned by Viola Desmond. The North End housed one of the first Afrocentric schools in Canada...

Fox's inspirational run. February 2016 saw the release of a "Minute" on Viola Desmond, a trailblazing black female entrepreneur from Halifax who spoke out...

The Halton District School Board serves public school students throughout Halton Region, including the municipalities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton...

to take Black customers.: 427  In 1946, a Black woman from Halifax, Viola Desmond, watched a film in a segregated cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia,...

June 26, 2014. Each year it honours a different person; the first was Viola Desmond. The first twelve, covering 2015 to 2026, were chosen by a three-member...

Collins (1774–1871), privateer, merchant, banker Henry Hezekiah Cogswell Viola Desmond (1914–1965), civil rights activist, beautician James De Mille (1833–1880)...

2015. Another ferry is expected to enter service in 2016, named after Viola Desmond. On December 6, 2016, Regional Council approved the purchase of two...

gender-based budget and introduced a banknote featuring civil-rights activist Viola Desmond, making it Canada's first circulation banknote to feature a Canadian...

celebrated Black Nova Scotian civil rights activist and businesswoman Viola Desmond. Remembrance Day – November 11; this holiday has been governed separately...

excellence." Desmond is related to Viola Desmond, a Canadian civil rights activist.[citation needed] He was raised Catholic. "Ian Desmond Stats, Bio, Photos...

Hazzard, and Thomas Page. Carrie Best, journalist and social activist Viola Desmond, businesswoman and civil rights advocate Burnley "Rocky" Jones, political...

African-American Medal of Honor recipient; in Chicago (killed in Vietnam, 1965) Viola Desmond, a Black Canadian businesswoman and operator of a beauty college, challenged...

1, the largest screening room at the Lightbox, would be renamed the Viola Desmond Theatre in 2023. TIFF Lightbox is held in the podium, a five-storey...

2018). "'Our family will go down in history': Desmond's sister moved by new $10 bill". CTVNews. "Viola Desmond | Historica Canada". www.historicacanada.ca...

Scotia, presented Davis with an honorary degree during the inaugural Viola Desmond Legacy Lecture, as part of the institution's bicentennial celebration...