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Meet Viola Desmond Book
Book | Scholastic Canada Ltd., Toronto : c2018.

  • 7 of 9 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
Place Hold
Branch Call Number Location Holdable? Status
Caistorville J 971.6 MAC Nonfiction Copy hold / Volume hold Available
Centennial BIO J DESMO -M Kids Biographies Copy hold / Volume hold Available
Fleming - Beamsville JP MacLe Children - Picture Copy hold / Volume hold Available
Fleming - Beamsville JP MacLe Children - Picture Copy hold / Volume hold Available
Grimsby J 971.6 MacLe Children - Non-Fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Available
Port Colborne JB DES Juvenile Non-fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Checked out
Thorold J 971.6 DESMO-M Children - Nonfiction Copy hold / Volume hold Available
Wainfleet J 971.6004960092 DES Children - Non-Fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Checked out
Welland Main J971.60049 Desmo-M Children - Non-Fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Available
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Meet Viola Desmond, community leader and early civil rights trailblazer! On the night of November 8th 1946, Nova Scotia businesswoman Viola Desmond stood up for her right to be in the "unofficial" whites-only 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 black-owned 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 civil-rights activists. Her sister Wanda worked hard to promote Viola's legacy, which has been finally honoured by Viola's inclusion on the new Canadian $10 bill. This new picture book biography series features simple text and full-colour, comic-flavoured illustration with speech balloons that bring the story alive. Historical photos and timeline support the narrative.
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