Viola Desmond
Viola Irene Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965) was a civil rights activist in Canada.
In 1946 she went into a segregated part of a movie theatre and would not leave. Then she was charged with tax evasion because the seats cost one cent less there. This event turned into a very well-known example of discrimination. Desmond was born in 1914 and died in 1965. She was pardoned from the tax evasion charge in 2010. [1]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "'Canada's Rosa Parks,' Viola Desmond, posthumously pardoned". archive.ph. 2010-04-18. Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
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