Viola Desmond
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 60 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 6,1914 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| Canada | |
| Date of died | February 7,1965 |
| Died | New York |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Education | Bloomfield High School |
| Spouse(s) | Jack Desmond |
| Siblings | Helen Fline |
| Emily Clyke | |
| Eugenie Parris | |
| Wanda Robson | |
| Constance Scott | |
| Olive Scott | |
| Parents | Gwendolin Irene Davis |
| James Albert Davis | |
| Spous | Jack Desmond |
| Rest place | Camp Hill Cemetery |
| Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax | |
| Movies/Shows | Journey to Justice |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 424815 |
Viola Desmond Life story
Viola Irene Desmond 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.
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