Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Maynard akaberekerwa muWaterbury, Connecticut, uye akapedza makore gumi namasere somukoti akanyoresa muHarlem, New York, asati atamira kuTucson, Arizona, muna 1946. Mumakore ekuma1950 akashanda semukuru muArizona NAACP uye akashanda muArizona Democratic Party, achishanda senhengo yekomiti padanho redunhu nedunhu, uye achipinda 1956 Democratic National Convention
. Muna 1966, akasarudzwa kuArizona House of Representatives uye akashanda kusvikira akundwa musarudzo dza1972.