Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muma1940 nema1950, Puryear akanga ari mushandi wemagariro evanhu muNewark, New Jersey. Akagadzwa somushumiri muChechi yeAME. Akataura muchechi uye pamisangano yechechi yenyika neyenharaunda. Akanga ari mutevedzeri womumiririri ku
Gungano Renyika reRepublican ra1948 rakabva kuNew Jersey. Muna 1962, aive Dean weVakadzi paFlorida A & M State College. Muna 1967, akanga achiri kushingaira neAlpha Kappa Alpha, somutungamiriri we"Negro heritage project" yesangano revakadzi. Muna 1970, akabatsira kuvhura "raibhurari yekuverenga tsika yevatema" paPearl Street YWCA muNashville, Tennessee.