Viola Desmond won't be budged! / Jody Nyasha Warner ; pictures by Richard Rudnicki

Author: Warner, Jody Nyasha, 1969-
Published: Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2010.
Physical Description: 30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, portrait ; 27 cm
Additional Creators: Rudnicki, Richard

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Summary

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.

Subject(s)

Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965—Juvenile literature
Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965—Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965
Race discrimination—Nova Scotia—History—Juvenile literature
Civil rights—Nova Scotia—History—Juvenile literature
Civil rights

ISBN

9780888997791
0888997795

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Description based on surrogate.

Source of Acquisition

Purchased with funds from the Frederik and Ruth P. Rasmussen Libraries Endowment; 2015

Endowment Note

Frederik and Ruth P. Rasmussen Libraries Endowment

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