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Finance Minister Bill Morneau announces that activist Viola Desmond, who is often referred to as Canada's Rosa Parks, will be on the 10 dollar bill that will go into circulation in 2018. The Bank of Canada unveiled a new $10 bill featuring Desmond last week on International Women’s Day. The honors for Desmond, who is sometimes refered to as Canada’s Rosa Parks, go far Black activist Viola Desmond will be first woman on a Canadian 10 dollar bill. Almost a decade before Rosa Parks sat at the front of a bus, a pivotal moment in the American civil rights Canada's $10 bill is getting a new look. Viola Desmond, known as the Canadian Rosa Parks, has been named as the first black person and first non-royal woman to be featured on regular Canadian “It is my great privilege to announce that Viola Desmond will be featured on Canada’s new 10 dollar bill,” Bill Morneau, Canada’s finance minister, said. Rosa Parks,” Desmond was The Bank of Canada announced its choice for the $10 bill on Dec. 8, 2016. “Viola Desmond’s own story reminds all of us that big change can start with moments of dignity and bravery,” Finance Minister Bill Morneau said at the ceremony. “She represents courage, strength and determination—qualities we should all aspire to every day.” In 1946, Viola Desmond went to jail for standing up for the rights of black people in Nova Scotia. Today, the Halifax civil rights activist is being honoured as the new $10 bill featuring her face Robson, 91, was due to make the first purchase with one of the new $10 bills. Often called the Canadian Rosa Parks, Desmond took an anti-segregation stand in a Nova Scotia theater by sitting in Civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond, a black woman, will be immortalized on Canada’s $10 bill. Called the “Rosa Parks of Canada,” Desmond defied the colour barrier at a New Glasgow, N.S She became the Rosa Parks of the North By Accident—nine years before Parks acted. Looking to expand the operations across the province, Viola, then 32, travelled to New Glasgow on November 8 1946, where her car broke down. Desmond went to see a movie at the Roseland Theatre while repairs were made. In a September debate, they were asked who they’d put on the $10 bill. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz both agreed it should be Rosa Parks. (though Cruz said she would be more appropriate on the $20 Rosa Parks is called the mother of the modern civil rights movement for the defining moment in 1955 when she was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005) "#CNN10s Rosa Parks would be awesome on the 10 dollar bill." -@CorbinMCarp "It has to be Rosa Parks or Eleanor Roosevelt #TheNew10 #CNN10s" - @lownawaysnyder. She's often described as "Canada's Rosa Parks," but if anything, Rosa Parks is America's Viola Desmond.The civil rights icon and new face of the Canadian $10 bill refused to give up her seat in a Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is among the finalists in a campaign to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with a woman's portrait. The nonprofit group Women On 20s revealed the final Canada Will Put Black Activist Viola Desmond on the 10 Dollar Bill. SH. by Sarah Hagi. Desmond's story is not unlike the one of Rosa Parks, and occurred nine years before Parks made the Redesigning the $10 Bill From the Treasury Department: United States currency” and the images of great leaders and landmarks they depict has long been a way to honor our past and express our values. In 2013, we selected the $10 note for redesign based on a number of factors. The next generation of currency will [] Donald Trump: Rosa Parks. Jeb Bush: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Carly Fiorina: “We shouldn’t change the $10 dollar bill or the $20 dollar bill. I think, honestly, it’s a Civil rights icon, Rosa Parks, is now in the finals in a grassroots campaign to put a woman on the $20 bill by the year 2020. She is one of four women that will be chosen. 1 Million Fans and Followers:
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