When Harlem Saved a King: The Untold Story: Izola Ware Curry

by Janet Cohen, Latressa Lane, A L Cohen

On September 20, 1958 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed in the chest with a letter opener by a mentally ill black woman named Izola Ware Curry. While we will indulge in some notorious facts about the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we will spend most of our time focusing on the little known and less talked about events that occurred at Blumstein's Department store in Harlem, NY 1958. Did Curry act alone? This book will explore the events surrounding the stabbing and whether or not this woman from Adrian Georgia acted alone. The Izola Ware Curry biopic gives readers a glimpse into the mind of one of America's lesser known would be assassins. Who is Izola Ware Curry? What was her fascination with Dr. King? Was she part of a larger plot by the White Citizens Council, a white supremacy group responsible for the death of Medgar Evers in 1963. We explore the life, mental illness allegations and motivations of Izola Ware Curry.

108 pages, Paperback

Published February 15, 2019

About the author

Aka Janet Neel