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Placeline/People

City Vaughan

Country Canada

Sister on Viola Desmond banknote announcement: 'It's a big day'

The sister of the first Canadian woman to grace a banknote's face is lauding Viola Desmond's courage. Desmond, who will appear on the $10 bill in 2018, was arrested in 1946 for sitting in the whites-only section of a movie theatre.

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Unique identifier: CP14622148

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Duration: 1m24s

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Create Date: 12/8/2016 1:30:00 PM

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