Wanda Robson, the youngest sister of the late civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond and an activist in her own right, died over the weekend. She was 95.
Born in Halifax on December 16, 1926, according to Cape Breton University’s Beaton Institute, Robson was instrumental in bringing recognition to her sister’s contribution to Canadian civil rights.
Desmond, who was Black, was arrested in 1946 for refusing to leave a whites-only section of a New Glasgow, N.S., cinema and eventually convicted of a tax offence. Her defiance helped motivate the struggle against racial segregation in Canada.
Wanda Robson, sister of Viola Desmond4 years agoDuration 9:22Canadian civil rights
