Justice William Lorimer Hall - "Had the matter reached the court by some other method than certiorari there might have been an opportunity to right the wrong done this unfortunate woman. One wonders if the manager of the theatre who laid the complaint was so zealous because of a bona fide belief that there had been an attempt to defraud the province of Nova Scotia of the sum of one cent, or was it a surreptitious endeavour to enforce a Jim Crow rule by misuse of a public statute." Justice William Lorimer Hall said.

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Montreal, New York - Desmond closed her school after the trial and moved to Montreal for business school before moving to New York.

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Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax - Desmond died in 1965. She was buried in Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax.

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Civil right movement - Desmond is largely credited with sparking the civil rights movement in Canada.

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Rosa Parks - Desmond is often referred to as the Canadian Rosa Parks because of their similar stands on white-only seating.

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Pardoned - It wasn't until 2010 that Viola Desmond was finally pardoned and Nova Scotia officially apologized for charging her with tax evasion.

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Stamp - In 2012, Viola Desmond was featured on a commemorative stamp.

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Ferry - In 2016, a Halifax ferry was named after Viola Desmond.

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$10 bill - In 2016, it was announced that Viola Desmond would be featured on the $10 Canadian bill.

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First Canadian woman - She is the first Canadian woman to appear alone on Canadian currency and the first person of colour to do so.

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Heritage Minute - Also in 2016, a Heritage Minute telling Viola Desmond's story starring Kandyse McClure was aired. It was the first Heritage Minute about a person of colour.

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Bill unveiled - On March 8, 2018 the new $10 bill, with Viola Desmond on one side and the Canadian Human Rights museum on the other, was unveiled.

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Wanda Robson - Desmond's younger sister, Wanda Robson, is a professor at Cape Breton University and largely responsible for keeping Desmond's legacy alive by writing a book about Desmond's life.

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Halifax, 1914 - Viola Desmond was born in Halifax on July 6, 1914 to a white mother and a black father who were active in the Halifax black community.

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All-white beauty school - Desmond wanted to go to beauty school, but wasn't allowed into schools in Halifax because she was black.

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Montreal, Atlantic City, and New York - So Desmond traveled to Montreal, Atlantic City, and New York to attend beauty schools.

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The Desmond School of Beauty Culture - When she returned to Halifax, she set up The Desmond School of Beauty Culture to train black women who couldn't attend beauty school in the Maritimes.

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Vi's Beauty Products - She also released a line of beauty products for black woman called Vi's Beauty Products.

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New Glasgow, Nova Scotia - On a business trip to New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Desmond's car broke down and she decided to see a movie while it was being repaired.

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Roseland Film Theatre - Desmond went to the Roseland Film Theatre to see 'The Dark Mirror' and bought a ticket for a main floor seat.

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Denied seat - A manager told her she didn't have a ticket for her seat, which cost one cent more than one on the balcony.

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Whites-only - When Desmond returned to the ticket booth to get the right ticket, she was informed black people were not allowed to buy tickets for the main floor.

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Refused to leave - Desmond refused to leave the main floor seat for the the balcony.

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Arrested - She was arrested, forcibly removed, and her hip was injured.

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Jail - Desmond was kept in jail overnight, not informed of her rights, never given access to a lawyer, and left unaware of her bail.

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Court battle - Desmond paid the fine before fighting the one cent tax evasion charge in court. One cent in 1946 is approximately $20 today.

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NSAACP - Desmond was assisted by the the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People in her legal challenge.

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