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Chapter Three
STANDING AGAINST
RACISM
acism is the belief that some races are better than others.
When Viola was alive, many people in North America
Rbelieved that white people were better than Black people.
White people did not want to share spaces with Black people.
Some businesses, like the Roseland Theatre, would have separate
areas for Black and white people. Other businesses, like some
restaurants and hotels, would not let Black people in at all. This
was called racial segregation. Schools and even towns were
also segregated. In Nova Scotia, a law called the Education Act
allowed schools to be segregated. Black children could only go to
Black segregated schools. Black segregated schools did not have
libraries. There were no Black segregated high schools, so Black
students could not go to high school.
Halifax, Nova Scotia was almost entirely populated by Black
Nova Scotians. The community became a symbol of the Black
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