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The Roseland Theatre is a landmark theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.Originally built for silent films, it is one of the oldest movie theatre buildings in Nova Scotia but it is best known as the location of a human rights case involving Viola Desmond, who challenged racial segregation in 1946. [1]
In 1943, she confronted the racial segregation of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow. She purchased two tickets for the downstairs seating of the theatre and attempted to watch a film with her son James Calbert Best. Both were arrested and fought the charges in an attempt to challenge the legal justification of the theatre's segregation.
Viola Irene Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965) was a Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre.
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The State Theatre in New Brunswick in the early 20th century. The music plays on at the State. Upcoming shows include Scotty McCreery on Thursday, Nov. 7; Paul Anka on Tuesday, Nov. 12; and Dionne ...
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The Clarion was established as an 8-by-10-inch (200 by 250 mm) single-sheet church bulletin [2] focussed on the Second Baptist Church in New Glasgow. [6] [4]: 23 It was relaunched in tabloid format in December 1946, with the first issue devoted to Desmond's protest at the Roseland Theatre.
In 1946, New Glasgow was the setting for an important civil rights case when Viola Desmond challenged racial segregation of New Glasgow's Roseland Theatre. New Glasgow became a service centre for the county during the late 20th century as shopping centres, retail and residential development was spurred by the construction of Highway 104.