Aurelia Browder

Aurelia Browder
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

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.