Irene W. Griffin (November 10, 1927 - March 27, 2012)[1] was an African-American activist, and the first black woman to register to vote in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
Percy Murphy Griffin and his comrades organized a movement to integrate the Plaquemines Parish School system, Irene was right there on the battle field with him.
The scare tactics that the Superintendent used in his presentation, caused the parents of twenty-four black students to keep their children at Phoenix High.
Mrs. Irene Griffin, under the guiding of her husband, allowed two of her sons to travel to Belle Chasse High School to partake in the movement.
[2] The life of Percy Murphy Griffin : the struggles and victories of a black civil rights activist from Plaquemines Parish