Complex sentence: Viola Davis Desmond (July 6,1914 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada--1965) was an African-Canadian who ran her own beauty parlor and beauty college in Halifax.
Split into simpler sentences: Viola Davis Desmond (July 6,1914--1965) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was an African-Canadian who ran her own beauty parlor and beauty college in Halifax.