In 1989, McBurnie received the Trinity Cross, the highest national award in Trinidad and Tobago then, for Promotion of the Arts.
Beryl Reid | Beryl Wallace | Beryl Markham | Beryl Penrose | Beryl Marsden | Beryl Grey | Beryl E. Escott | Beryl Burton | Beryl Wajsman | Beryl Vertue | Beryl Rubinstein | Beryl Mercer | Beryl McBurnie | Beryl Gaffney | Beryl Cunningham | Beryl Cook | Beryl and the Croucher |
Supported by her friends Trevor Carter, Nadia Cattouse, Amy Ashwood Garvey, Beryl McBurnie, Pearl Prescod and her lifelong mentor Paul Robeson, Jones campaigned against racism in housing, education and employment.