The Trail Blazing Life of Viola Desmond: Civil Rights Icon
Rachel Kehoe with Wanda Robson, illustrated by Chelsea Charles
Viola Desmond opposed racial segregation in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Her action occurred before Rosa Parks’s refusal to yield a bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama. The book presents the two events as comparable stands against segregation. Its title calls Desmond a civil rights icon. Rachel Kehoe with Wanda Robson wrote the 87-page edition of this book, published by Orca Book Publishers.
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