Burley High School
Burley High School
“They got all the good books, all the new books. We got the hand-me-downs.”
Garwin DeBerry
Garwin DeBerry
Vincent Kinney
“A joyous occasion when we would get out and travel with the band, watch the game.”
Vincent Kinney
“Adults put us through that, and none of us should have had to sacrifice.”
Vincent Kinney
“The whole time I was at Albemarle, the students rode a separate bus.”
Vincent Kinney
Kent Merritt
Kent Merritt
“I remember Burley had some great teams, and we all rooted hard for them.”
Kent Merritt
“They were in charge of everything at Burley before, and now they have nothing.”
Kent Merritt
“I don’t mean no harm or disrespect, but the band at Lane just sucked.”
James Bryant
“Lane was a wonderful school, but it was falling down compared to Burley.”
Dickie Tayloe
Dickie Tayloe
Dickie Tayloe
“He said, “You can’t sit here. The whites only section is down on the 10.””
Dickie Tayloe
“To some people, they were different.”
Jimmy Hollins
Tom Stargell
“I mean you just didn’t associate with them.”
Peyton Humphrey
“We used to play in different parks and stuff, went out of town, played games.”
Mary Johnson
“I liked Burley because I liked the sports and I always liked physical ed and stuff like that.”
Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson
William Redd
“I wanted to just walk off the field right then but I said, “That’ll really cause a scene.””
William Redd
“I look back and the crowd that was in the stand is attacking the players from Maggie Walker.”
William Redd
“He opens up his coat and he’s got a pistol in his hand.”
William Redd
“We became the Cox’s Row Red Devils. We had our own team.”
William Redd
“We had to move on and do things right. Integrate schools.”
Robert King
“When they closed down Burley, I cried, I mean literally cried.”
Veronica Jones
“Burley had pretty good football teams, but we never played against each other.”
Tommy Theodose
“At Burley, there never was an empty seat.”
Jimmy Hollins
“There was no bus to take you home after activities.”
Donald Byers
“We were going to do something that everybody would always remember Jackson P. Burley High School.”
Donald Byers
“Burley was more than just a sports school.”
Donald Byers
“It was enjoyable to have them there.”
Brock Strickler
“The marching band was thought to be top drawer, absolutely.”
Wade Tremblay
“This was their place, their team. You weren’t necessarily welcome there.”
Wade Tremblay
“Hardly be anybody at Lane. Everybody would be over at Burley.”
David Wyant
David Wyant
“When we went to Lane, the nurturing part was not there.”
Roland and Ronald Woodfolk
“I think sports did help overcome racial tensions.”
Roland and Ronald Woodfolk
“You guys just, were just tolerated.”