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Viola Desmond, civil rights pioneer, commemorated at site of her 1946 arrest in N.S.A plaque commemorating Desmond was revealed today by the federal agency at the former theater in New Glasgow where she was forcibly arrested while watching a movie on Nov. 8, 1946.CanadaAug 12, 2022
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Art depicting Viola Desmond displayed on building where she was arrested in 1946Desmond's story went largely untold for a half-century, but in recent years she has been featured on a stamp, and her name graces a Halifax harbour ferry.CanadaOct 3, 2020
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