- Frustrated by the roles available to actors of color, she created and produced her first one woman show, "Walk Together Children," a chronicle of the African American experience.
- She has been hailed as a "cultural ambassador" and honored at the United Nations. Actors' Equity Association gave her their Paul Robeson Award and MIT their McDermott Award for her contribution to the Arts.
- Graduated from Harlem High School at the age of 15.
- In 2020 she was given an Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement.
- Began her career as a child actress on radio and on stage when she appeared the Broadway play The Wisteria Trees.
- Was active at the United Nations Economic and Social Council on the issues of the status of women and Southern Africa.
- The Black Theater Guild at Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted Burrows for lunch in February 2003.
- She was a panelist in the 2000-2001 African Diaspora lecture series at the Center for Ideas and Society in Riverside, California.
- In 1980 she became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press.
- In 2018 she was named the honoree at Theater for the New City's 15th annual Love N' Courage gala, where she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Won the Paul Robeson Award in 1986.
- In 2014 she received an award from the International Communications Association and AUDELCO for her Outstanding Contribution to the Arts and the Community.
- Parents are: George Nelson Burrows, and Phyllis Edwards Burrows.
- Survived by her, two children, Gregory Harrison, and Sojourner, six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great grand son.
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