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Viola White

Viola White (1911–1954) was an African-American woman who lived in Montgomery, Alabama and is best known for her resistance to segregated bus laws. At 35 years old, in 1944, White was arrested for refusing to give up her seat. White's arrest occurred a decade before Rosa Parks' similar act of resistance, which is credited for starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott. White worked at Maxwell Air Force Base.

Powder

A powder is a dry solid composed of many very fine particles that may flow freely when shaken or tilted. Powders are a special sub-class of granular materials, although the terms powder and granular are sometimes used to distinguish separate classes of material. In particular, powders refer to those granular materials that have the finer grain sizes, and that therefore have a greater tendency to form clumps when flowing. Granulars refer to the coarser granular materials that do not tend to form clumps except when wet.

Viola

The viola ( vee-OH-lə, Italian: [ˈvjɔːla, viˈɔːla]) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. The viola is slightly larger than the violin and has a lower sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth higher) and the cello (which is tuned an octave lower). The strings from low to high are typically tuned to C3, G3, D4, and A4.

White

White is the lightest color and is achromatic. It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide.

powder

Noun

1. The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.

Verb

1. To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
2. To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.

viola

Noun

1. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

Noun

1. A bowed tenor instrument larger than a violin but smaller than a cello, used in orchestras and string quartets.
2. An organ stop with a similar tone.

white

Adjective

1. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
2. Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.

Noun

1. The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
2. A person of European descent with light-colored skin.