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• Title:Meet Viola Desmond / Elizabeth MacLeod ; illustrated by Mike Deas.
  
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• Author/Creator:MacLeod, Elizabeth, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Deas, Mike, 1982- illustrator.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto, Ontario ; New York : Scholastic Canada Ltd., [2018]
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: FC2346.26.D48 M34 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Canadian Subjects: Black Canadians--Nova Scotia--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  
• Library of Congress Subjects:Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965--Juvenile literature.
  Race discrimination--Nova Scotia--History--Juvenile literature.
  Civil rights--Nova Scotia--History--Juvenile literature.
  
• Genre/Form: Biographies.
  
• Description:31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Series:Scholastic Canada biographies.
  
• Summary:"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."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• ISBN:9781443113519 (softcover)
  1443113514
  9781443163873 (hardcover)
  1443163872