Civil Rights Pioneer

• New Grand Theatre play to showcase story of N.S. civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond

  Controlled Damage, created by London born playwright Andrew Scott, is about Viola Desmond, the face of Canada’s $10 bill.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2023
  
• Artist needed for a new Viola Desmond monument in Halifax

  The monument to the businesswoman and pioneer will be on Gottingen Street, close to where Viola Desmond once operated her salon.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2021
  
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• Racial slurs found on sign directing visitors to Viola Desmond’s headstone

  Viola Desmond was a Nova Scotia civil rights pioneer and businesswoman. A cemetery sign directing visitors to her headstone was tagged with racial slurs.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2020