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7. SEIU was the union MLK went to in NYC
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 09:55 AM
Mar 2023

He got stabbed and went to the SEIU office rather than a hospital as it's nursing union among other service fields.

https://www.seiu.org/blog/2015/7/when-martin-luther-king-jr-to-seiu-1199#:~:text=called%20it%20%22his%20favorite%20union,to%20eliminate%20poverty%20and%20injustice.%22

SEIU 1199 Healthcare Workers East has an especially a proud history of civil rights activism--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called it "his favorite union" and he considered himself "a fellow 1199-er." King suggested to 1199 "that if all of labor would emulate what you have been doing over the years, our nation would be closer to victory in the fight to eliminate poverty and injustice."


Actually it was MLK wanted to go to the SEIU 1199 office as they represented and had many nurses. He was sent to nearby Harlem Hospital and was successfully saved. https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/curry-izola-ware#:~:text=On%2020%20September%201958%2C%20Izola,Store%20in%20Harlem%2C%20New%20York.

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