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Author:

Warner, Jody Nyasha, 1969-

Title:

Viola Desmond won't be budged! / Jody Nyasha Warner ; pictures by Richard Rudnicki.

Publisher:

Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press ;

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

unpaged : col. ill., port. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Desmond, Viola,--1914-1965--Juvenile picture books.
Blacks--Canada--Juvenile picture books.
Race discrimination--Juvenile picture books.
Civil rights--Nova Scotia--History--Juvenile picture books.
Civil rights--Canada--History--Juvenile picture books.

Other Authors:

Rudnicki, Richard, illustrator.

Summary:

In 1946, Viola Desmond bought a movie ticket at the Roseland Theatre in Nova Scotia. After settling into a main floor seat, an usher came by and told her to move, because her ticket was only good for the balcony. She offered to pay the difference in price but was refused: You people have to sit in the upstairs section.

ISBN:

0888997795
9780888997791

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)