Izola Curry | |
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| Born | Izola Ware June 14, 1916 Adrian, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | March 7, 2015 (aged 98) Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Housekeeper |
| Known for | 1958 assassination attempt on Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Spouse | James Curry (m.1937; divorced) |
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. King survived Curry's attempt.