Viola Desmond was arrested on November 8, 1946, for refusing to leave a whites-only section of a movie theater in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. She was subsequently convicted of disturbing the peace and sentenced to 30 days in jail, although she only served one night before being released on bail. Desmond's act of defiance became a significant moment in the Civil Rights Movement in Canada.
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