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The Globe and Mail: Viola Desmond to be on Canada’s new $10 bill

Dec 08, 2016

In 1946, Viola Desmond’s stand at a segregated Nova Scotia movie theatre made her into a civil-rights icon for black Canadians. Now, the federal government has announced that she’ll be the new face on the Canadian $10 bill.

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