[1] She lost the lawsuit, with the judge stating that racial discrimination was superseded by an owner's right to exclude anyone from their property.

[1] In November 1946, Viola Desmond was travelling to Sydney on a business trip to sell beauty products.

[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.

[4]: 23 In August 1949, by which time the newspaper was published in broadsheet format, it was renamed The Negro Citizen and distributed throughout Canada.

[7]: 371  It ceased publication in 1956,[8]: 344  at which time she began writing as a human rights columnist for the Pictou Advocate.