Article from the New York Times describing the arrest of LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) on July 14, 1967 during the Newark rebellion. Jones, who can be seen in the article bloodied and bandaged, was arrested on allegations of gun possession and beaten by the Newark Police. — Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers; Box 56, Folder 13; Rare Book and Manuscript Library; Columbia University
Flyer distributed to encourage community support at the trial of LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), who was arrested and beaten by Newark police during the 1967 Newark rebellion for alleged gun possesion. The flyer quotes Baraka’s poem “From: The Book of Life”: “It is time for beauty and truth to rule the world again. It is time for the evolved beings to reorder this planet.”
Telegram sent by Ron Karenga, of the nationalist US Organization in Los Angeles, to LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) on July 15, 1967. The telegram reads: “Keep on pushin if you need anything call us see you next week. ‘Take it slow we’ve got a long time a long way to go but we have each other and the world.’ Blackly, Maulana Ron Karenga and All of US”
Flyer distributed to encourage community support at the trial of LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), who was arrested and beaten by Newark police during the 1967 Newark rebellion for alleged gun possesion. The flyer shows a picture of Jones bloodied and bandaged after his arrest.
