Mary Lou Williams Rutgers Interview Block 22 (Q12210)

Now your mother. What was her name? V: Virginia Burley, B-u-r-1-e-y. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and she played piano for the church, danced for the church to raise money. She said that they'd pull a curtain down across the pulpit and she'd dance to raise money for the church and she also played for the church. When I was around between 2 and 3 she said I was always getting into things a ...