Biographie En Images: Voici Viola Desmond (French Edition)

Features of Biographie En Images: Voici Viola Desmond (French Edition)

See below for English descriptionFaites la rencontre de Viola Desmond entrepreneure et vritable pionnire en matire dgalit raciale au CanadaPar un jour pluvieux de novembre 1946 Viola de passage Glasgow en Nouvellecosse dcide daller au cinma Elle sinstalle dans la section officieusement rserve aux Blancs mais louvreuse lui demande de changer de place Viola refuse car elle sait que cest cause de la couleur de sa peau La police lemmne de force Viola est emprisonne juge et dclare coupable Cela ne lempche pas avec laide de ses partisans de continuer se battre pour la justice socialeBien quelle ait ultimement perdu sa cause devant la Cour suprme elle fut une pionnire pour les premiers militants des droits civils Grce au travail acharn de sa soeur Wanda qui sest battue pour que son hritage soit reconnu sa juste valeur le portrait de Viola figurera sur les nouveaux billets de 10 canadiensMeet Viola Desmond community leader and early civil rights trailblazerOn the night of November 8th 1946 Nova Scotia businesswoman Viola Desmond stood up for her right to be in the unofficial whitesonly section of a New Glasgow movie theatre and was arrested for it Supported by the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People NSCAACP and the blackowned newspaper The Clarion Viola took her quest for the right to freedom from discrimination to the courts While she ultimately did not succeed she was a beacon to other early civilrights activists Her sister Wanda worked hard to promote Violas legacy which has been finally honoured by Violas inclusion on the new Canadian 10 billOriginal title Scholastic Canada Biography Meet Viola Desmond