[1] Young was part of a group of women who formed an organization called Womanpower Unlimited to support the personal needs of Freedom Riders while they were in jail in Jackson and later imprisoned at Parchman Penitentiary.
Young and her fellow organizers, including Clarie Collins Harvey, raised money to buy clothes, toothbrushes, and other personal items for Freedom Riders.
Her notes include lists of foods she served for the many suppers she prepared and hosted for lawyers, ministers, and families who came to Jackson for the Freedom Riders' trials.
[5] She was part of a social circle of prominent African Americans in Jackson that included civil rights activist Medgar Evers and she taught on the same college faculty as author Margaret Walker Alexander.
[1][4] In May 1975, she was selected as Teacher of the Year by the Mabel Carney Chapter (at Jackson State University) of the Student National Education Association.
Aurelia Young's salary kept the family afloat during the early years of his law practice, which began when he passed the bar in 1951.