Izola curry biography template

American failed assassin

Izola Curry (néeWare; June 14, – March 7, ) 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, , during the Harlem civil rights movement of the late s and early s.

Early life

Curry was one of eight children born to African-American sharecroppers in ^[1][2] near Adrian, Georgia, a city about miles northwest of Savannah.

She left school in the seventh grade and later married a man named James Curry when she was 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,^[3] and she moved between