Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - N'afọ ndị 1940 na 1950, Puryear bụ onye na-arụ ọrụ mmekọrịta ọha na eze na Newark, New Jersey. A họpụtara ya dị ka onye ozi na Chọọchị AME. Ọ na-ekwu okwu n'ụlọ ụka na n'ọgbakọ ụka mba na mpaghara. Ọ bụ onye nnọchi anya nnọchite anya na 1948 Republican National Convention
site na New Jersey. Na 1962, ọ bụ Dean nke Women na Florida A & M State College. N'afọ 1967, ọ ka na-arụ ọrụ na Alpha Kappa Alpha, dịka onye isi nke "Negro heritage project" nke ụlọ akwụkwọ. N'afọ 1970, o nyere aka ịmalite "ọbá akwụkwọ ọgụgụ ọdịbendị ojii" na Pearl Street YWCA na Nashville, Tennessee.