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Before Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, much of Newark's Central Ward was a tinderbox waiting for the torch -and in the incendiary aftermath of the assassination, dozens of blazes were set by arsonists. They might have done much worse damage, except that - in contrast with last summer - black slum dwellers raced to help firemen, not hin der them. The major reason was that black militants such as Playwright Le-Roi Jones had reached a grudging armistice with the city's white authorities (TIME, April 26) and passed the word down to the streets: Cool...
Brown emphasized that this fight was the community's too. He and Carmichael left after about an hour. They were scheduled to speak in Newark tonight...
...lash back with vigor if attacked by whites, Jones, currently appealing his conviction for possession of deadly weapons, is more interested now in achieving black power politically in his native city, where 52% of the 410,000 residents are Negro. As head of the new United Brothers of Newark, Jones said last week: "We are out to bring black self-government to this city by 1970, and the ballot seems to be the most advantageous way. We are educating the Negro masses that this city can be taken without a shot being fired...
...communications specialist," he grins. Admits an Addonizio aide: "The argument isn't whether a Negro is going to take over, but which Negro. With that, you're right back in the framework of American politics." Another question is whether Negroes, along with Newark's white ethnic-minority groups, can keep their tempers long enough for the peaceful change to occur...
...promising sign is that Jones has already met three times with Contractor Anthony Imperiale, leader of a vociferous group of angry whites who have been arming themselves and patrolling Newark in "jungle cruisers" in order to "repel an invasion" (TIME, March 29). Surprisingly, the black militant and the white vigilante have reached an understanding. "I respect him," says Jones. "He doesn't lie like white liberals. He knows exactly what I'm trying to do, and I know right where...