Item is a photograph of a group of people seated around a dinner table toasting Wanda Robson, seated in the centre, while celebrating the honorary Doctor of Letters degree she received from Cape Breton University.
Item is a photograph of Dr. Graham Reynolds, centre, standing with two unidentified men at Cape Breton University's graduation ceremony where Wanda Robson was given an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
Item is a photo of Wanda Robson, wearing a graduation cap and gown, on the day she received her honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University. Two unidentified people are standing in the foreground facing Robson.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, centre, on stage with Dr. Graham Reynolds, second from right, and three other men at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where Robson received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, wearing a graduation cap and gown, surrounded by five of her grandchildren at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, right, sitting at a table with four unidentified people during a dinner party to celebrate her honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson standing with two people at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
Item is a photograph of the Atlantic Fisheries Experimental Station on Lower Water Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Item is a portrait of Viola Desmond.
Item is a portrait of Viola Desmond.
Item is a photograph of Viola Desmond and [Jack Desmond or Alan Davis] standing on the sidewalk on Gerrish Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Item is a hand coloured portrait of Viola Desmond.
Item is a photo of Viola Desmond (standing third from left) at an unidentified woman's bridal shower with ten other women.
Item is a photo of Viola Desmond (far left) with a class of graduates from the Desmond School of Beauty Culture. An unidentified man is standing to the right of Viola.
Item is photograph of Wanda Robson (left) and Viola Desmond (right) at the Hi-Hat Club in Boston, Massachusetts.
Item is a photo of Viola Desmond (front, left) with graduates of the Desmond School of Beauty Culture in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Item is a photo of Viola Desmond standing inside her beauty salon, Vi's Studio of Beauty Culture.
Item is a photo of James Davis and Gwendolin Davis sitting on a couch.
Item is a photograph of Wanda Neal (Wanda Robson, left), Viola Desmond, and Milton Neal at the Hi-Hat Club in Boston, Massachusetts.
Item is a newspaper clipping of pages A1 and A2 of The Chronicle Herald from Halifax, Nova Scotia. On page A1, continuing on page A2, is the article, "Innocence Lost: A white child sees reality of racism" about Ian Fraser who witnessed Viola Desmond's arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946. On page A2 a second article titled, "Nov. 8 could be Viola Desmond Day" outlines a provincial day of honour for Desmond proposed by the Progressive Conservative party.
Item is a newspaper clipping of page A10 from the Cape Breton Post titled, "Pardon, apology for black woman guilty of sitting in white theatre section," outlining the official apology and pardon being given to Viola Desmond for her arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Globe and Mail titled, "A clean slate for an icon of freedom: N.S. grants apology to 'Canada's Rosa Parks'," regarding the posthumous apology and pardon Viola Desmond received for her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Item is a newspaper clipping from The Chronicle Herald titled, "Viola's Vindication" regarding the posthumous apology and pardon given to Viola Desmond for her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Metro News in Halifax, Nova Scotia titled, "Province rights a wrong," outlining the official apology and pardon Viola Desmond received posthumously for her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post with a photograph of Lt.-Gov. Mayann Francis unveiling a portrait of Viola Desmond at Government House in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Item is a newspaper clipping of a cartoon created by Cape Breton Ink in the Cape Breton Post featuring Viola Desmond being arrested at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in the left panel and Rosa Parks being arrested on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama in the right panel.
Item is four pages of the Sunday Herald produced by The Chronicle Herald in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a cover feature on Viola Desmond. The article titled, "The woman behind the story," outlines Viola Desmond's life as a business woman and entrepreneur, her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and her legacy as a Canadian social justice icon.
Item is a newspaper clipping from The Chronicle Herald titled, "Viola Desmond honored on site that once did her wrong," with a story about a group of people meeting at the former Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia to honour Viola Desmond.
Item is a newspaper article from The Chronicle Herald titled, "Theatre named after Desmond," about the opening of the Viola Desmond Outdoor Theatre in Warrington Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The article includes comments from Gertrude Jeffries, who had her hair done almost weekly by Desmond as a child, and Michael Davis-Cole, Viola's nephew.
Item is a newspaper clipping from The Chronicle Herald featuring a photograph of Wanda Robson at the Black Cultural Centre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia during the unveiling of the Viola Desmond stamp. Standing with Robson are Leslie Oliver, president of the Black Cultural Centre (back, right), and Canada Post's Robert Waite.
Item is four copies of an article titled "Documentary about Viola Desmond to be screened Wednesday" in the Cape Breton Post about a screening of the the documentary, "A Long Road to Justice: The Viola Desmond Story" at Cape Breton University (CBU).
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post titled, "People lobby for holiday in honour of Viola Desmond" outlining the efforts of people to have the new Nova Scotia February holiday named after Viola Desmond.
Item is a newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper titled, "Voice of the People: A Vote for Desmond," with a short write up by Jon Stone of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia who supported the idea that Nova Scotia's newly formed February holiday, Heritage Day, be named after Viola Desmond.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post about efforts to have Nova Scotia's newly formed February holiday, Heritage Day, named after Viola Desmond.
Item is a photocopied newspaper article from The Chronicle Herald titled, "Holiday honours rights pioneer," announcing that Nova Scotia's first Heritage Day in February 2015 would be dedicated to Viola Desmond.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post titled, "Heritage Day: 'It will be all about Viola'" featuring an interview with Wanda Robson about Nova Scotia's first Heritage Day and it's dedication to her sister, Viola Desmond.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post titled, "Heritage Day a brand-new holiday for Nova Scotians," about Nova Scotia's new holiday, Heritage Day.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post titled, "'It was a breakthrough in social justice'," about Viola Desmond, her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and her legacy.
Item is a newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor from Regina Gillis in the Cape Breton Post titled, "Viola Desmond Day worth celebrating every year."
Item is a newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor by Kathleen Bunin in the Cape Breton Post titled, "Support for Viola Desmond Day," written in response to Ron Caplan's article "A second chance for Viola Desmond Day."
Item is a clipping from an unidentified newspaper or magazine titled, "Recently named Chairs at CBU," naming Dr. Keith G. Brown as the Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies, Dr. Graham Reynolds as the Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice, and John MacKinnon as the George Unsworth Chair in Accounting.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post about books being published in and about Cape Breton, including Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks by Wanda Robson.
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post titled, "Keeping sister's legacy alive," featuring a photograph of Wanda Robson signing copies of her book, Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks, at the Wilfred Oram Centennial Library in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Item is a newspaper clipping from The Chronicle Herald titled, "Dark time in Nova Scotia's past," about the publication of Wanda Robson's book, Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks.
Item is an article from pages A2 and A9 in the Cape Breton Post about Cape Breton University's (CBU) fall convocation, with a mention of the honorary Doctor of Letters degree that was given to Wanda Robson at the ceremony.
Item is a photocopy of an article on page A3 of The Chronicle Herald titled, "SMU speaker compares impact of Canadian racism to apartheid."
Item is a photocopy of an article from The Chronicle Herald titled, "Native women seek federal compensation."
Item is a photocopy of an article from The Daily News Sunday Magazine titled, "A Black Renaissance..." about Maxine Tyne's collection of poems and short stories, Woman Talking Woman.
Item is a photocopy of an article from The New York Times Magazine titled, "Taking Sides Against Ourselves."
Item is a newspaper clipping from the Cape Breton Post titled, "Mixing with children of another culture."
Item is a report from Family Circle and Essence magazines titled, "Race in America Report," outlining the results taken from a joint survey the two magazines ran in February 1995 which polled Americans on racial views and American life.