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Sister to courage : stories from the world of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks

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  • Author: Robson, Wanda
    Contributor: Caplan, Ronald
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    2010
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    In Sister to Courage, Wanda takes us inside the world she shared with Viola and ten other brothers and sisters. Through touching and often hilarious stories, she traces the roots of courage and ambition, good fun and dignity, of the household that produced Viola Desmond. Tough and compassionate, Viola shines through beyond the moment she was carried out of Roseland movie theatre for refusing to sit I the blacks-only section. Viola emerges as a defender of family and a successful entrepreneur whose momentum was blocked by racism. With honesty and wit, Wanda Robson tells her own brave story, giving new life to two remarkable women and the family she loved.

    Original Publisher: Wreck Cove, N.S., Breton Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781895415346, 1895415349