Irene Griffin (activist)
Irene W. Griffin was an African-American activist, the first black woman to register to vote in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. She was married to Rev. Percy Murphy Griffin, also a civil rights activist in that community.Activism
Their initial efforts focused on taking on segregationist Judge Leander Perez after Percy Murphy Griffin returned from serving in World War II. They started a voter registration campaign for black community residents. In 1954, Irene Griffin became the first registered African-American woman to vote in the parish.
Griffin died aged 84 in 2012.
