Viola Davis Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965) was an African-canadian. She was come from Halifax. Viola Desmond's story was one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Nova Scotian and Canadian history.On November 8, 1946, Viola Desmond refused to sit in the balcony designated exclusively for blacks in the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow but, instead, she took her seat on the ground floor where only white people were allowed to sit. After being forcibly removed from the theatre and arrested, Desmond was eventually found guilty of not paying the one-cent difference in tax on the balcony ticket from the main floor theatre ticket. She was fined $20 and court costs $6 . She paid the fine but decided to fight the charge in court.
I think that she was very brave. And at this time that's normal she was comdemned bcause white people were more racist.Fortunaly today Gorvernment has recognized this act was heroic.
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