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Izola Curry (née Ware; June 14, 1916 – March 7, 2015) was a woman who attempted to assassinate the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. She stabbed King with a letter opener at a Harlem book signing on September 20, 1958, during the Harlem civil rights movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s .
Mar 21, 2015 · Associated Press. Izola Ware Curry, the mentally ill woman who in 1958 stabbed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a Harlem book signing — an episode that a decade later would become a ...
Feb 3, 2021 · Izola Curry was a paranoid schizophrenic who tried to kill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a letter opener in Harlem in 1958. She was committed to a mental institution for the rest of her life and died in 2015 at the age of 98.
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Mar 7, 2015 · Izola Ware Curry was a mentally disturbed woman who stabbed Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1958 in New York. She accused King of being a Communist and was committed to a mental hospital after the incident.
On Sept. 20, 1958, Izola Ware Curry, a poor and “demented” woman from Georgia, became a footnote in history when she tried to kill Martin Luther King Jr.
Feb 24, 2023 · Izola Ware Curry was a mentally ill Black woman who tried to kill MLK with a letter opener at a Harlem book signing in 1958. She was committed to a psychiatric hospital and King forgave her, but the incident was a near-miss for the civil rights leader.
Jan 15, 2019 · Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed by a mentally ill woman, Izola Ware Curry, who blamed him for her troubles. The civil rights leader survived the attack and credited his faith in nonviolence.
