VIOLA DESMOND

Her Life and Times

By Graham Reynolds with Wanda Robson

Considered by many to be Canada’s Rosa Parks, Viola Desmond was a pioneer African-Canadian businesswoman and became the pre-eminent Black beauty culturist in Canada. She established the first Black beauty studio in Halifax, the Desmond School of Beauty Culture, and created her own line of beauty products. Accessible, concise and timely, this book tells the incredible, important story of Viola Desmond.

$10. PAPERBACK. 128 PAGES PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2018 ISBN 9781773631233 ROSEWAY PUBLISHING