Table of Contents
Preface ix
Introduction: Viola Desmond 1
Chapter 1 Family Ties and Life in North End Halifax 7
The Davis Family 8
Education and Career Opportunities 16
The King of Gottingen Street 19
Chapter 2 Memories of My Sister and the Roseland Theatre Incident 25
My Guardian Angel 26
The Roseland Theatre Incident 28
My Personal Journey of Self-discovery through Education and Raising Public Awareness 34
Chapter 3 Canada's Rosa Parks 41
Racial Segregation in Canada 41
They Shall Not Be Moved 44
Initial Reactions 48
Chapter 4 A Woman of Her Time: Viola Desmond and Black Beauty Culture in Canada 53
Early Pioneers of Black Beauty Culture in the United States: Annie Jumbo Malone and Madam C. J. Walker 55
The New Ideal of Black Beauty: "If not Black, Certainly not White." 63
Viola and the Emergence of Black Beauty Culture in Canada 66
Desmond School of Beauty Culture 72
Chapter 5 Viola Desmond's Legacy 79
Canadian Human Rights Movements 82
The Dynamics of Change: The 1960s, 1970s and Beyond 87
Epilogue: Toward a New Direction 99
Acknowledgements 101
Notes 105
Index 115
