Curated teaching resource
Curry, Izola Ware (Stanford King Institute encyclopedia entry)
By Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford
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- History
- Grades
- Grades 9-12
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- Primary Source
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- Cross-curricular
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- stanford.edu
Why this resource is included
Authoritative scholarly entry. Izola Ware Curry stabbed King at Blumstein’s Department Store (230 West 125th Street) on September 20 1958 with a 7-inch steel letter opener. More than two hours of surgery at Harlem Hospital. The famous just a sneeze away from death assessment was by attending surgeon Dr. Emil A. Naclerio, quoted in Jet magazine. Cites Papers 4:498-499, King statement October 24 1958, NYT September 22 1958. Free.