Viola Desmond's Canada : a history of blacks and racial segregation in the promised land

Reynolds, Graham, 1944- author.

Daisy Sound Recording 2018

In 1946, a Black Halifax businesswoman, Viola Desmond, was wrongfully arrested for sitting in a white's-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In 2010, sixty-four years later, the Nova Scotia government recognized this gross miscarriage of justice and posthumously granted her a free pardon. Most Canadians are aware of Rosa Parks, the American civil rights icon who refused to give up her seat on a racially segregated bus in A...

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ISBN:

9780616990841
0616990847

Edition:

Daisy edition
Computer data (116 files : 163 MB)

Description:

1 DAISY disc (11 hr., 50 min.) : sound ; 12 cm
digital DAISY

Other Title:

Canada

Notes:

Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, [2016] xvi, 202 pages : 9781552668375
Search and access by headings and pages
Includes bibliographical references and index
Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Judy Sturrup
Audio and text
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
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Contents:

A narrative of race in Canadian history from slavery to the underground railroad
The many faces of Jim Crow: racial segregation in Canada 1880-1960
My early memories of race, my sister Viola and my journey of self-discovery / Wanda Robson
Marie Marguerite Rose: What her inventory of material possessions tells us about slavery and freedom in eighteenth century New France
West Indian immigration to Canada, 1800-1920 : what the census figures don't tell us
The culture of racism in Canada : burning crosses, blackened-faced actors and minstrel shows
Pearleen Oliver : Pioneer in the fight to end racial discrimination

Control Number:

2655308

Other Authors:

Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Robson, Wanda, 1926-2022

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