Background
He was named by his mother for the pre-Veterans Day, which was Victory Day.
He was named by his mother for the pre-Veterans Day, which was Victory Day.
During the 1940s and 1950s, Burns was the president of the San Antonio National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Branch. During the Civil Rights Movement, he worked with Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall. He went on to organize marches throughout the city along with others such as Review
Claude Black, Charles Hudspeth, G J Sutton, Ethel Minor and others