She was Canada's Rosa Parks. Now she's the first black person to
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Viola Desmond took a stand against segregation in Canada almost a decade before Rosa Park’s famous action.
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Claudette Colvin: the woman who refused to give up her bus seat
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No, Rosa Parks Was Not Sitting in the White Section of the
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DOC) Finding Viola A fictocritical, feminist polemic - ASB Manuscript
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Black History Month to honour 'Canada's Rosa Parks,' other
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Rosa Parks: The First Lady of Civil Rights
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Civil Rights Archives - Pembroke Campus
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Who was Rosa Parks, and what did she do in the fight for racial
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Overlooked for decades, Viola Desmond — and her trailblazing
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Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism
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Black community celebrates Viola Desmond as new face on $10 bill