Black CanadianBlack FirstsFamous CancerHistory MakersSheroViola Desmond: Black Canadian Civil Rights PioneerMeserette KentakeJuly 6, 2015July 6, 2020 by Meserette KentakeJuly 6, 2015July 6, 20200 Civil rights pioneer, Viola Desmond, was a Black-Canadian businesswoman who was jailed and fined in 1946 for refusing to give up her seat in the...