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Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged

Jody Warner

Tells the story of Viola Desmond, an African Canadian woman who, in 1946, challenged a Nova Scotia movie theater's segregation policy by refusing to move from her seat to an upstairs section designated for use by blacks.

GenresDesmond, ViolaJuvenile literatureOuvrages pour la jeunesseRace discriminationNova ScotiaHistory

30 pages

English edition · First published 2010 by Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press · ISBN 9780888997791

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