Aurelia Browder
Aurelia Shines Browder Coleman (January 29, 1919 – February 4, 1971) was an African-American civil rights activist in Montgomery, Alabama. In April 1955, almost eight months before the arrest of Rosa Parks in the same city and a month after the arrest of Claudette Colvin, she was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white rider while she was in the "Whites Only Area". She refused to move to the "Colored Area" thus leading to her arrest.
Aurelia Browder | |
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| Born | Aurelia Shines Browder January 29, 1919 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | February 4, 1971 (aged 52) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Alabama State University |
| Occupation(s) | Civil rights activist, seamstress, nurse midwife, teacher, businesswoman |
| Organization(s) | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Montgomery Improvement Association, Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| Known for | Plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, case which desegregated public buses |
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