Aurelia Shines Browder
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Aurelia Shines Browder was an African American civil rights activist whose arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, helped lay the groundwork for the landmark Browder v. Gayle Supreme Court decision that ended bus segregation.
All labels observed (1)
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| Aurelia Shines Browder canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aurelia Shines Browder Context triple: [Aurelia S. Browder, fullName, Aurelia Shines Browder]
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A.
Aurelia Davis
Aurelia Davis is the parent who brought the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, which established school liability for student-on-student sexual harassment under Title IX.
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B.
Aileen Marlowe
Aileen Marlowe was the wife of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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C.
Lucia Chase
Lucia Chase was an influential American dancer, actress, and arts patron best known for co-founding and long directing the American Ballet Theatre, helping to establish it as a leading classical ballet company.
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D.
Alma Dray
Alma Dray is a French Interpol agent and key investigator in the heist thriller film "Now You See Me."
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E.
Aurelia Nixon
Aurelia Nixon was the wife of civil rights leader E. D. Nixon and a supportive figure in his activism in Montgomery, Alabama.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aurelia Shines Browder Target entity description: Aurelia Shines Browder was an African American civil rights activist whose arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, helped lay the groundwork for the landmark Browder v. Gayle Supreme Court decision that ended bus segregation.
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A.
Aurelia Davis
Aurelia Davis is the parent who brought the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, which established school liability for student-on-student sexual harassment under Title IX.
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B.
Aileen Marlowe
Aileen Marlowe was the wife of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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C.
Lucia Chase
Lucia Chase was an influential American dancer, actress, and arts patron best known for co-founding and long directing the American Ballet Theatre, helping to establish it as a leading classical ballet company.
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D.
Alma Dray
Alma Dray is a French Interpol agent and key investigator in the heist thriller film "Now You See Me."
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E.
Aurelia Nixon
Aurelia Nixon was the wife of civil rights leader E. D. Nixon and a supportive figure in his activism in Montgomery, Alabama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| causeOfArrest | refusal to give up bus seat to a white passenger ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Browder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Aurelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | civil rights activist ⓘ |
| knownFor |
challenging racial segregation on public buses
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helping lay the groundwork for the Supreme Court decision that ended bus segregation in Montgomery ⓘ |
| legalCaseContributedTo | Browder v. Gayle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
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surface form:
civil rights movement
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| notableFor |
being a lead plaintiff in the case Browder v. Gayle
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refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ |
| opposed | racial segregation on public transportation ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American civil rights movement
NERFINISHED
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Browder v. Gayle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Montgomery, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfArrest | Montgomery, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Montgomery, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| race | Black ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama
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her case helping to challenge bus segregation laws in Montgomery ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
civil rights movement histories discussing Browder v. Gayle
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historical studies of the Montgomery bus segregation cases ⓘ |
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Subject: Aurelia Shines Browder Description of subject: Aurelia Shines Browder was an African American civil rights activist whose arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, helped lay the groundwork for the landmark Browder v. Gayle Supreme Court decision that ended bus segregation.
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