Kehoe, Rachel.

The trailblazing life of Viola Desmond : a civil rights icon / Viola Desmond Rachel Kehoe with Wanda Robson ; illustrations by Chelsea Charles. - [Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, c2023. - 87 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 23 cm.

"Edited by Kirstie Hudson"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 80-81) and index.

An act of bravery -- The Davis family -- A fair education -- Equal from the start -- Chasing a dream -- Black beauty culture comes to Canada -- She will not be moved -- One single cent -- Taking a stand -- Moving on -- Viola's legacy.

On November 8, 1946, Viola Desmond was arrested for refusing to move from the 'whites-only' section of a movie theater in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. By taking a heroic stand against racial segregation, Viola became a symbol of courage in the fight against inequality.

ISBN: 9781459833975 145983397X

LCCN: 2022947220

Subjects--Personal Names:
Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Race discrimination--History.--Nova Scotia
Human rights--History.--Nova Scotia
Civil rights--History.--Nova Scotia
Civil rights--History.--Canada
Blacks--Nova Scotia--Biography.
Women, Black--Nova Scotia--Biography.
Black Canadians--Nova Scotia--Biography.
Segregation--History.--Canada--Nova Scotia
Civil rights workers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women, Black--Biography.
Blacks--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nova Scotia--History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography, Juvenile.

Dewey Class. No.: 971.6/004960092