Izola Curry
Female, Person
1916 –
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Who is Izola Curry?
Izola Ware Curry is an African-American woman who attempted to assassinate civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. She stabbed King with a letter opener at a New York City book signing on September 20, 1958. King was eventually assassinated April 4, 1968 in an unrelated incident.
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