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From the archives: Viola Desmond receives posthumous apology and pardon in 2010
Sixty-four years after her arrest, Viola Desmond received a posthumous apology and pardon at a ceremony at Province House in 2010.
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Posted: May 21, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 21
Viola Desmond was arrested and dragged out of a New Glasgow, N.S., theatre for refusing to leave a whites-only section more than six decades before the pardon and apology were issued.(CBC Archives)
Viola Irene Davis Desmond received an apology from Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter and was granted a free pardon at a historic event at Province House on April 15, 2010 64 years after she was arrested for sitting in the whites-only section of a movie theatre.in New Glasgow, N.S..