Viola Desmond
Canada Honours Civil Rights Icon Viola Desmond by Putting Her On the $10 Bill
Desmond is the first black person and the first non-royal woman on regular Canadian bank notes.
Viola Desmond, the Black Woman Who Fought Against Segregation in Canada
In 1946, Viola Desmond insisted on sitting in the whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theater, and now she's being put on the $10 bill for her bravery.
Viola Desmond will be the first Canadian woman on the front of a banknote
The civil rights icon fought racial segregation in Nova Scotia.
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