Aurelia S. Browder
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Aurelia S. Browder was a civil rights activist whose arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, led to her serving as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that helped end bus segregation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aurelia S. Browder canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T776876 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aurelia S. Browder Context triple: [Browder v. Gayle, plaintiff, Aurelia S. Browder]
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A.
Fredricka G. Ross
Fredricka G. Ross is a songwriter best known for co-writing the lyrics to Alicia Keys’ hit ballad “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down.”
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B.
Mary Eunice Harlan
Mary Eunice Harlan was the wife of Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s only surviving son, and a member of a prominent 19th-century American political family.
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C.
Josephine Stovall
Josephine Stovall was the wife of James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense.
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D.
Dolores H. Russ
Dolores H. Russ was an American philanthropist and co-namesake of the prestigious Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize in engineering.
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E.
Lotus Thompson
Lotus Thompson was an Australian-born silent film actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions during the 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aurelia S. Browder Target entity description: Aurelia S. Browder was a civil rights activist whose arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, led to her serving as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that helped end bus segregation.
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A.
Fredricka G. Ross
Fredricka G. Ross is a songwriter best known for co-writing the lyrics to Alicia Keys’ hit ballad “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down.”
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B.
Mary Eunice Harlan
Mary Eunice Harlan was the wife of Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s only surviving son, and a member of a prominent 19th-century American political family.
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C.
Josephine Stovall
Josephine Stovall was the wife of James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense.
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D.
Dolores H. Russ
Dolores H. Russ was an American philanthropist and co-namesake of the prestigious Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize in engineering.
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E.
Lotus Thompson
Lotus Thompson was an Australian-born silent film actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions during the 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| arrestedFor | refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Claudette Colvin
ⓘ
E.D. Nixon ⓘ
linked to:
E. D. Nixon
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Mary Louise Smith ⓘ Rosa Parks ⓘ Susie McDonald ⓘ |
| busArrestDate | 1955-04-19 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | historical markers in Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1971-02-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Alabama State College (extension courses)
ⓘ
linked to:
Alabama State University
|
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Browder ⓘ |
| fullName | Aurelia Shines Browder ⓘ |
| givenName | Aurelia ⓘ |
| hasChild | one son ⓘ |
| hasRelative | John Browder ⓘ |
| honoredIn | civil rights histories of Montgomery Bus Boycott ⓘ |
| influenced | end of legal bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being lead plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle
ⓘ
refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ |
| legalBasisOfCase | violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ |
| legalCaseFiled | 1955 ⓘ |
| legalCaseOutcome |
U.S. Supreme Court affirmed ruling that bus segregation in Montgomery was unconstitutional
ⓘ
linked to:
Browder v. Gayle
|
| maritalStatus | widowed ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
ⓘ
linked to:
NAACP
Women’s Political Council (Montgomery) ⓘ
linked to:
Women’s Political Council
|
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableWork | Browder v. Gayle ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
seamstress ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Montgomery Bus Boycott context
ⓘ
Montgomery bus segregation protests ⓘ
linked to:
Montgomery bus boycott
|
| placeOfArrest |
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Montgomery, Alabama
|
| placeOfBirth |
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Montgomery, Alabama
|
| placeOfDeath |
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Montgomery, Alabama
|
| plaintiffIn | Browder v. Gayle ⓘ |
| race | Black ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Montgomery, Alabama
|
| roleInCourtCase | lead plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aurelia S. Browder Description of subject: Aurelia S. Browder was a civil rights activist whose arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, led to her serving as a key plaintiff in the landmark case that helped end bus segregation.
Referenced by (2)
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