for a family funeral. "And when she got as far as Truro, the train stopped," Robson was told. Viola Desmond, right, who became a civil rights icon for her actions in the late 1940s, has been ...

Viola Desmond in her studio ... in that my dad taught us that we were as important as anybody else. Our family believed that what you want, you can get." Williams's uncle on her father's side ...

In 1946, Viola Desmond, a 32-year-old entrepreneur from ... "This is amazing, unique, and our family will go down in history. Imagine that." ...

The youngest sister of Canadian civil rights icon Viola Desmond has donated her collection of family documents to the Beaton Institute of Cape Breton University. Wanda Robson, of North Sydney, ...

"She was determined. She joined in the family fun and things like that, but you always knew that Viola was going to have her way quietly, without rudeness." The next morning, Desmond was convicted of ...

Q: Who was Viola Desmond, outside of this experience in the theatre: what was her career and life before this incident? A: She was born in Halifax and she came from a family that would be ...

Nikki and Ian Desmond grew up without any connection to their father’s side of the family, which included their great-aunt Viola Desmond, a Canadian civil rights activist whose image is on the ...

Viola Desmond, often described as Canada’s Rosa ... big day to have your big sister on a bank note,” she said. “Our family is extremely proud and honoured.” Others on the short list ...

Premier Darrell Dexter said he is sorry to Ms. Desmond's family, and all black Nova Scotians ... "The arrest, detainment and conviction of Viola Desmond is an example in our history where the ...