Book is in French 9 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, in the United States, Viola Desmond, a Black woman from Nova Scotia, was also indignant against segregation by refusing to leave the "whites only" section of the Roseland Theater in New Glasgow. She became a civil rights icon in Canada. This primer was written by Canadian students, for local students, and offers a unique and thoughtful representation of the story of Viola Desmond. Viola Desmond's little sister, Dr. Wanda Robson, also commented and supervised the publication.