The Black women activists who refused to give up their seats during the Civil Rights Movement in America

Aurelia Browder

Aurelia Shines Browder Coleman was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to vacate her bus seat for a white person. She was among the four plaintiffs in the Browder v. Gayle case on bus segregation. Aside from being a civil rights activist, she was also a teacher, midwife, seamstress, nurse, and businesswoman.

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