Black History Month Resources - Le Mois de l'histoire des Noirs

To honour Black History month, we will be highlighting resources each Friday in February that are available for continued learning! This week, we hope you'll learn about Viola Desmond.

Read

• 10 Must Know Things About Viola Desmond from WE Charity
• Inspiring History Info Sheet: Viola Desmond from Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia
• One Woman's Resistence from the Canadian Museum of Human Rights
• La résistance d’une femme from the Canadian Museum of Human Rights
• Viola Desmond from Nova Scotia Archives
• Viola Desmond (1914-1965) National Historic Person from Parks Canada

Watch

• Journey to Justice (2000) from the National Film Board
• Long Road to Justice - The Viola Desmond Story from the Nova Scotia Government

• The story of Viola Desmond from the Canadian Museum of Human Rights

Books on Viola Desmond at Cornwall Public Library

• Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians by Lindsay Ruck & James Bentley
• La détermination de Viola Desmond by Jody Nyasha Warner, Richard Rudnicki & Louise Binette
• Meet Viola Desmond by Elizabeth MacLeod & Mike Deas
• Voici Viola Desmond by Elizabeth MacLeod & Mike Deas