Viola Davis Desmond (1914 1965) was a Black Nova Scotian and A successful businesswoman and beautician in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Viola Desmond is often described as Canadas Rosa Parks since on November 8, 1946 she refused to sit on the balcony designated exclusively for blacks in the Roseland Theatre.
'Viola Davis Desmond (1914 –1965) was an Black Nova Scotian and  A successful businesswoman and beautician in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Viola Desmond is often described as Canada’s Rosa Parks since on November 8, 1946 she refused to sit in the balcony designated exclusively for blacks in the Roseland Theatre. Rosa Parks, Black History Facts, Black History Month, Kings & Queens, Civil Rights Activists, Canadian History, African American Women, African Americans, We Are The World