Dayna curry biography of martin luther king

American failed assassin

Izola Curry (néeWare; 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.

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Early life

Curry was one of eight children born to African-American sharecroppers in 1916^[1][2] near Adrian, Georgia, a city about 100 miles northwest of Savannah. She left school in the seventh grade and later married a man named James Curry when she was 21. The couple separated about six months later, and Izola moved to New York City, where she found work as a housekeeper.^[1]

After moving to New York, Curry began to suffer delusions and schizophrenia,^[3] particularly about the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.^[1] This contributed to employment difficulties,^{&# Martin Luther King Jr.}

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