Aurelia Browder
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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 and a month after the arrest of Claudette Colvin, she was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white rider.
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Born | Aurelia Shines Browder (1919-01-29)January 29, 1919 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | February 4, 1971(1971-02-04) (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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