Fog Blog Viola Desmond Log:

HER FIGHT AGAINST SEGREGATION AND EQUAL RIGHTS MAKES THIS COURAGEOUS LADY A CANADIAN HERO AND SHE NOW ADORNS THE CANADA 10 DOLLAR BILL! VIOLA DESMOND IS THE CANADIAN ROSA PARKS FAILING TO GIVE UP HER SEAT IN A NOVA SCOTIA THEATRE! HATS OFF TO VIOLA....SHE WOULD'VE BEEN 104 TODAY!......The artist behind Friday's Google Doodle of Viola Desmond thinks it's a shame more Americans don't know about the Halifax-born civil rights icon. But it was fun drawing something specifically for a Canadian audience, American illustrator

Sophie Diao said."I could add some details that were more focused to Canada," Diao told HuffPost Canada over the phone from her home in San Francisco. "Things that Canadian audiences would pick up on, like the flag of Nova Scotia, or a kid wearing a Canadian hockey jersey. If it were more well-known, or more countries were seeing this doodle, it would be harder to have that local flavour."