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Sister Wanda Robson spoke at Chartland Junior Public School
part of African Heritage month celebrations. Robson highlighted her sister’s life, emphasizing the importance of education. Desmond was in her second year as a school teacher when she came across an article about America’s first black woman selfmade millionaire, Robson said. The woman made hair products for black women, and that gave Desmond the idea to set up a business and do the same. "She had to educate herself in what she wanted to do," Robson said of her sister. "So she went to Montreal and got her first diploma in hairstyling. She came back to Halifax and opened . a beauty parlour, but it was in her own home. As she proceeded in wanting to learn more, she would go back and started going to New York to get her knowledge, to get her diplomas."Desmond soon opened a beauty parlour shop along
ANDREW PALAMARCHUK apalamarchuk@insidetoronto.com Scarborough students got a lesson on the modern civil rights movement in Canada from the sister of the woman who helped start it. Viola Desmond, a successful Nova Scotia entrepreneur, refused to leave a whites-only area of a movie theatre in 1946 and was jailed, convicted and fined. Her court case was the first legal challenge of racial segregation brought forth by a black woman in Canada. Desmond’s sister, Wanda Robson, 90, spoke to students at Chartland Junior Public School in Scarborough on Thursday, Feb. 9 as
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Wanda Robson, sister of Viola Desmond, autographs a book for teachers and students during a visit to Chartland Public school. Viloa Desmond is slated to appear on the $10 bill in 2018. Desmond wasn’t successful in quashing her criminal conviction though her case helped start the modern civil rights movement in the country. Desmond was granted a posthumous pardon in 2010, and she will be the first Canadian woman to be
main floor, unaware that that area was reserved solely for white customers. She refused to leave and sit in the balcony and was forcibly ejected, jailed and convicted for not paying the extra penny in theatre tax required for a downstairs seat.
with a beauty parlour school. On Nov. 8, 1946, Desmond’s car broke down in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia during a business trip. She decided to go to a movie at Roseland Theatre while waiting for the repairs and took a seat on the
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featured on the front of a bank note. She’s slated to appear on the $10 bill next year. "We’re all going to die, but that is going to be there in history because Viola is now a historic figure," Robson said in an interview after her speech. "I’m so overjoyed. It’s unbelievable that this could’ve happened." Principal Dayne Parker said Robson’s talk gave students a chance to put a face to some of the history that is being taught. "This presentation wasn’t just about celebrating some of our Canadian black heroes, it was also about recognizing that we all have our uniqueness," he said. Devan Bowden-Hussain, a Grade 4 student, said Desmond’s actions "changed history for the better." "The racism wasn’t fair," he said. "She made a big change in the world, and she helped stop racism at the time like Rosa Parks."
| Scarborough Mirror | Thursday, February 16, 2017
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