Tuhia he tohutoro mo tenei pene - I whanau a Maynard i Waterbury, Connecticut, a tekau ma waru nga tau i noho hei kaitohutohu rehita i Harlem, New York, i mua i tana neke ki Tucson, Arizona i te 1946. I nga tau 1950 i mahi ia hei rangatira i te Arizona NAACP a he kaha ia ki te Arizona Democratic Party, hei mema komiti i te rohe me te taumata tari, me te haere ki te 1956 Democratic National Convention.
He aha? I te tau 1966, i pootihia ia ki te Whare Paremata o Arizona, a, i mahi ia tae noa ki tana hinganga i nga pooti 1972.