 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Edna Mae Griffin akaberekerwa muLexington, Kentucky muna 1909. Griffin akakurira kumaruwa eNew Hampshire uye akatamira kuMassachusetts. Griffin akataura kuti akadzidza kurava nokuwana The Crisis, chinyorwa cheNAACP. Muna 1933, Edna akagamuchira dhigirii muChirungu paFisk University muNashville, Tennessee, achimugadzirira basa somudzidzisi wechikoro. Paaiva paFisk University, akaratidzira achipikisa kupindirwa kweEthiopia naMussoliniuyewo akasangana nomurume wake womunguva yemberi, Stanley Griffin. Edna nomurume wake vakatamira kuDes Moines, Iowa, pana January 2, 1947, sezvo Stanley akagamuchirwa somudzidzi paStill College of Osteopathy and Surgery. Edna naStanley vaiva navana vatatu: Phyllis, Linda naStanley. 