tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404001022548916572.post1166757731273057087..comments2023-10-28T01:28:36.166-07:00Comments on The Cath in the Hat: Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16583924780335341252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404001022548916572.post-47728519484141602352011-01-13T07:17:25.829-08:002011-01-13T07:17:25.829-08:00Thanks for reviewing this book. It’s an important ...Thanks for reviewing this book. It’s an important story and it was my very great pleasure and honour to be able to illustrate it. Viola Desmond was a smart, talented, and successful, young entrepreneur who was also teaching other Black women in mid-1940s Nova Scotia how to be successful themselves. She was devastated by what happened to her, and likely never fully recovered. It’s disgusting that not once in her two trials was racism and discrimination ever mentioned. Just last year she was granted the Queen’s pardon, which means that the wrongful conviction has been withdrawn, and she is officially innocent. Some of Viola’s sisters are still alive, and one of them, Wanda Robson, has written a very good book, “Sister to Courage”, with insight into the times and the person who was Viola Desmond. Viola died alone at the age of 50 in New York City, just as she was starting up a new business.<br /><br />Richard Rudnicki – Nova Scotia, Canada<br />~www.richardrudnicki.comRichard Rudnickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13487662428439454047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404001022548916572.post-18709069065312498912011-01-10T14:55:30.036-08:002011-01-10T14:55:30.036-08:00A great companion book for the review you just pos...A great companion book for the review you just posted would be SIT-IN, How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down by Andrea and Brian Pinkney. Just picked it up from the library yesterday - It is beautiful! Recommended by Cybils.<br /><br />~ Lauri Chandler<br />www.bookblogfun.doodlekit.comBookBlogFunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623990195103911476noreply@blogger.com