[steppenwolf]

http://www.amazon.com/When-Harlem-Ne.../dp/158322274X


From Library Journal
On Saturday, September 20, 1958, at a book promotion and rally in New York City's Harlem, a ranting and apparently disoriented 42-year-old black woman named Izola Curry plunged the six- to eight-inch blade of a Japanese penknife into the chest of a rising leader of the Civil Rights Movement the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Veteran journalist Pearson ably situates the stabbing amid the web of personalities vying for competitive, and particularly political, advantage at every turn inside and outside the movement. He examines the stabbing in light of New York's 1958 gubernatorial race between the eventual winner, Republican Nelson A. Rockefeller, and Democratic stalwart W. Averell Harriman. Pearson also uses the stabbing to explain the movement's tenuous fortunes as it confronted challenges like the claim that the stabbing was a Communist-inspired plot. This fact-filled foray into a harrowing day in King's life and the political environment of Harlem and of the movement makes for interesting reading. For collections on the Civil Rights Movement, King, or local history. Thomas J. Davis, Arizona State Univ., Tempe
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

funny how we never hear about this from the media but when they want to spin a story like tawana brawley getting supposedly kidnapped or the duke lacrosse supposedly raping we never hear the end of it for years

turn off the tv ,the media sucks!!

[poochee]

IMO, it's a 50 yr old story and you are not going to hear about it every week.

[steppenwolf]

Originally Posted by poochee

IMO, it's a 50 yr old story and you are not going to hear about it every week.

who here 40 to 90 ever heard much of this story?

[poochee]

Originally Posted by steppenwolf

who here 40 to 90 ever heard much of this story?

I recall it, had forgotten about it until I read your post.

[Gabriel]

I was 5 years old. Why would I remember it? I remember falling and hitting my head really hard when I was 5....but that's because it happened to ME.

[bassetman]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

I was 5 years old. Why would I remember it? I remember falling and hitting my head really hard when I was 5....but that's because it happened to ME.

Dang, I was younger than you! You have aged more gracefully than I !

[steppenwolf]

i guess you dont get my point

[poochee]

Originally Posted by steppenwolf

i guess you dont get my point

As I see it, an incident that happened 50 years ago by a crazy lady is not of much interest today. It wouldn't make sense to anyone or impress anyone.

[wacor]

Originally Posted by poochee

As I see it, an incident that happened 50 years ago by a crazy lady is not of much interest today. It wouldn't make sense to anyone or impress anyone.

Not sure how can say that.

This was a historic figure and so much has been written about him.

I have never heard of this before.

I thought maybe this was a hoax.

But it is not. and it appears it was a pretty serious stabbing.

Years later, when he gave his famous "Promised Land" speech (delivered to a Memphis crowd the day before his assassination), King recalled Curry's 1958 attack. "Before I knew it, I had been stabbed by this demented woman. I was rushed to Harlem Hospital. It was a dark Saturday afternoon. And that blade had gone through, and the X-rays revealed that the tip of the blade was on the edge of my aorta, the main artery. And once that's punctured, you drown in your own blood--that's the end of you." King then added, "It came out in The New York Times the next morning that if I had sneezed, I would have died."

As he wrapped up what became his final speech, King noted that, if he had sneezed, he would have missed the passage of the Civil Rights Bill, the start of student sit-ins at lunch counters across the South, and other milestones of the civil rights movement. "If I had sneezed, I wouldn't have been in Memphis to see a community rally around those brothers

Police report Here

[poochee]

Originally Posted by wacor

Not sure how can say that.

This was a historic figure and so much has been written about him.

I have never heard of this before.

I thought maybe this was a hoax.

But it is not. and it appears it was a pretty serious stabbing.

Police report Here

I don't think Steppenwolf is thinking of it in the historic way. But in a racial context.

[wacor]

Originally Posted by poochee

I don't think Steppenwolf is thinking of it in the historic way. But in a racial context.

You probably are right.

I would not see it though in that light.

MLK is not thought of in a negative light in the press.

It is curious though why this is not more commonly known. I too was young at the time it happened and would have no memory of it but you sure would think in the many years since this would have got more attention. IMO

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by poochee

I don't think Steppenwolf is thinking of it in the historic way. But in a racial context.

Why is that important to him. If that is the case, I'm afraid to ask him

[steppenwolf]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

Why is that important to him. If that is the case, I'm afraid to ask him

a racial way? whats racial mean?

of course you being a American that would mean you have a hard time to discuss truth or history or anything unless maybe if oprah said its ok

poor you ,having to please others

and because youre white you can say less- probably think less
obamas brain police could be listening

its a damn interesting story i think! and mental health issue and the commie issue too how some blacks hate communism or are mental cases -whites too

forget it ! go back to to you randi rhodes show and giggle with that moron

god im bored!!

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by steppenwolf

a racial way? whats racial mean?

of course you being a American that would mean you have a hard time to discuss truth or history or anything unless maybe if oprah said its ok

poor you ,having to please others

and because youre white you can say less- probably think less
obamas brain police could be listening

its a damn interesting story i think! and mental health issue and the commie issue too how some blacks hate communism or are mental cases -whites too

forget it ! go back to to you randi rhodes show and giggle with that moron

god im bored!!

Well of course you're bored....you're listening to your own self rant and jump up and down like a rangatang

I don't watch Oprah and don't know who Randi Rhodes is.

And I can say a whole bunch but don't think you can hold it in your attention span. Probably too busy answering things before you read them with your intact, well nursed attitudes.
And if you ain't American MYOB.......

I say this with much love

[Gabriel]

Here's a willie nelson type tune for you....

I don't give a dang................
I don't give a dang................
I don't give a dang................