Aurelia Browder was one of the first women to refuse to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, and served as the lead plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the federal case that successfully overturned bus segregation laws.
Aurelia Browder was an activist during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white woman, continuing her fight by taking her case to court. As one of the key female plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle, her legal challenge successfully overturned bus segregation laws in Montgomery, Alabama. Her contribution predates and parallels Rosa Parks' more widely known act.
