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Aurelia Browder

American activist · United States · On the map · Activists · Lived 1919 to 1971 · aged 52

Aurelia Shines Browder Coleman 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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She was the lead plaintiff in the 1956 Browder v. Gayle federal court case.

Country
United States
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 1971 · aged 52