The Trailblazing Life of Viola Desmond: A Civil Rights Icon
by Rachel Kehoe, Chelsea Charles, and Wanda Robson
Years before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up a bus seat in Montgomery,... read more
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- 5-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2023
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 870L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Civil rights--Nova Scotia--History
- Civil rights workers--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Women--Biography
- Race discrimination--Nova Scotia--History
- Black Canadians--Nova Scotia--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Race discrimination--Nova Scotia--History--Juvenile literature
- Nova Scotia
- Civil rights
- Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965
- Race discrimination
- Civil rights--Nova Scotia--History--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
- Black Canadian women--Nova Scotia--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Desmond, Viola, 1914-1965--Juvenile literature
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- Sora Bookshelf Oct 23-Mar 24 Canada
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