On Nov. 8, 1946, Viola Desmond, a black Halifax beautician, stopped by the Roseland Theatre to watch a movie while she waited for her car to get repaired. She was on her way to Sydney to sell her ...

In 1946, Viola Desmond made history when she refused to leave the whites-only section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, N.S. (Submitted by Alexis MacDonald) Desmond, a beautician and ...

And this month, that woman, Viola Desmond, became the first black ... who was on the road selling her beauty products, went to the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow to kill some time while her ...

Canadian civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond was commemorated Friday ... forcibly arrested while watching a movie at the former Roseland Theatre on Nov. 8, 1946. The theatre was segregated at ...

One courageous step 70 years ago today in a downtown New Glasgow, N.S., movie theatre helped end segregation in Nova Scotia. On Nov. 8, 1946, Viola Desmond, a black Halifax beautician, stopped by the ...