Embarrassed yet American? Note when the act of #resistance occurred. 1946.
"#Canada, where we celebrate civil rights icons (eventually…).". -@MichaelPorter
A canadian $10 buck bill. No. Not #RosaParks... #ViolaDesmond.
'"In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre...
Source https://ottawa.place/@MichaelPorter/114206513616030180
Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Desmond #civil rights
"#Canada, where we celebrate civil rights icons (eventually…).". -@MichaelPorter
A canadian $10 buck bill. No. Not #RosaParks... #ViolaDesmond.
'"In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre...
Source https://ottawa.place/@MichaelPorter/114206513616030180
Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Desmond #civil rights
🇨🇦 Michael Porter 🇨🇦 (@MichaelPorter@ottawa.place)
Attached: 1 image #Canada, where we celebrate civil rights icons (eventually…). #USPoli #StillWaitingForThoseTubmansottawa.place
