Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Hanuere 1949, i te wha o ona tau, ka heke atu a Springer me ona matua ki te United States, ka noho ki te rohe o Kew Gardens o Queens, New York. I haere ia ki te Kura Tuarua o Forest Hills e tata ana. Ko tētahi o ana mahara tuatahi e pā ana ki ngā kaupapa o nāianei ko te wa i ia 12 me te mātakitaki i te
1956 Democratic National Convention i runga i te pouaka whakaata i reira i kite ai ia, i tino miharo ki a John F. Kennedy.