Jackson P. Burley
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Jackson P. Burley was an educator, church worker and a prominent member of the Charlottesville community. He was a member of the "Four Hundred Club" of elite African-American businessmen. [1] He was born in Stony Point in Albemarle County and was educated at the Hampton Institute. Burley died on July 1, 1945.
In the mid-20th century, he sold a 17-acre tract of land on Rose Hill Drive to the City of Charlottesville for the construction of Jackson Burley School,[2] now known as Burley Middle School. [1]
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City Council will consider on September 6, 2011 whether to grant an honorary street name after Burley on a portion of Rose Hill Drive. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Web. [http://www.charlottesville.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=19934 Honorary Street Name – Jackson P. Burley on Rose Hill Drive from Preston to Madison], James Tolbert, Director of Neighborhood Development Services, City of Charlottesville, retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Jackson P. Burley School." African American Heritage. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. 17 June 2009 <http://www.aaheritageva.org>.