Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Janairu 1949, yana da shekara huɗu, Springer ya yi ƙaura tare da iyayensa zuwa Amurka, suka zauna a unguwar Kew Gardens na Queens, New York. Ya halarci makarantar sakandaren Forest Hills da ke kusa. Daya daga cikin tunaninsa na farko game da abubuwan da ke faruwa a yanzu shi ne lokacin da yake da shekaru 12 kuma yana kallon 1956 Democratic National Convention
a talabijin inda ya ga kuma ya burge John F. Kennedy.